Rumrunners : liquor smugglers on America's coasts, 1920-1933 / J. Anne Funderburg.

"In 1920, the 18th Amendment made the production, transportation and sale of alcohol not merely illegal--it was unconstitutional. Smugglers, along with many others, ran operations along the U.S. coastline until Prohibition was repealed in 1933. This history describes how rumrunners battled both corr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Funderburg, J. Anne, 1946- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Subjects:
Physical Description:v, 201 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Rum row: mother ships and mosquito boats -- Island oases: St. Pierre and the Bahamas -- The Coast Guard: a new mission -- Cut to the chase: speed plus agility -- Coast Guards: the good, the bad and the drunk -- Volstead enforcement: tragedy and controversy -- Bill McCoy: rumrunning pioneer -- Gertrude Lythgoe: the "Bahama Queen" -- Edith Stevens: love and "reckless courage" -- Long Island: the rumrunners next door -- "Big Bill" Dwyer: the czar of rum row -- The radio rum ring -- Pirates, hijackers and go-thru guys -- Right off the boat: rumrunning in Florida -- The "Gulf Stream Pirate": two different men -- The West Coast connection: Canada to California -- Malahat: the "Phantom of the Pacific" -- Golden Gate rumrunners: the tailor and the Mayor -- Repealing Prohibition: the end of the great drought. 
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