Daniel Okrent

Daniel Okrent, former public editor of the New York Times and editor-at-large at Time Inc., is the author of the just-published Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.

Before Camelot

The Biggest Kennedy Myth

In an exclusive excerpt from ‘Last Call, his history of Prohibition,’ Daniel Okrent writes that long-held beliefs about Joe Kennedy’s bootlegging business are bunk.

Daniel Okrent