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

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"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 Smugglers, along with many others, ran operations along the U.S. coastline until Prohibition was repealed in 1933.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:
Prohibition > United States > History > 20th century.
Liquor industry > United States > History > 20th century.
Smuggling > United States > History > 20th century.
Liquor laws > United States > History > 20th century.
Crime > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > History > 1919-1933.
Physical Description:v, 201 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.