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Author | : Rich Mole |
Publisher | : Heritage House Publishing Co |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2013-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1927527260 |
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On October 1, 1917, prohibition came into effect in the province of British Columbia. Washington and Oregon had gone dry the previous year. The ban on liquor sales led to deadly conflict and legal chaos in the Pacific Northwest, and the legacy of those “booze battles” continues into the 21st century. Rich Mole introduced readers to West Coast prohibition’s pioneer years in Scoundrels and Saloons: Whisky Wars of the Pacific Northwest, 1840–1917. In Rum-runners and Renegades, he recounts the wild and wacky—and sometimes tragic—results of later prohibition laws through the exploits of both prohibitionists and prohibition-busters, among them Jonathan Rogers, a wealthy Vancouver builder and prohibition leader; the Billingsley brothers, a quartet of handsome bootleggers from Seattle; and enterprising Johnny Schnarr, Victoria’s number-one rum-runner. From vicious marine hijackers and bedeviled police to corrupt politicians and frustrated drinkers on both sides of the border, this is an action-filled account of liquor and lawlessness on the West Coast.
Author | : Rich Mole |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Northwest, Pacific |
ISBN | : 9781192456233 |
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Author | : J. Anne Funderburg |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2016-11-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1476626707 |
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In 1920, the 18th Amendment made the production, transportation and sale of alcohol not merely illegal--it was unconstitutional. Yet no legislation could end the demand for alcohol. Enterprising rumrunners worked to meet that demand with cunning, courage, machineguns and speedboats powered by aircraft engines. They out-maneuvered the U.S. Coast Guard and risked their lives to deliver illicit liquor. Smugglers like Bill McCoy, the Bahama Queen, and the Gulf Stream Pirate, along with many others, ran operations along the U.S. coastline until Prohibition was repealed in 1933. Drawing on legal records, newspaper articles and Coast Guard files, this history describes how rumrunners battled the Dry Navy and corrupted U.S. law enforcement, in order to keep America wet.
Author | : Frank W. Anderson |
Publisher | : Calgary, Alta : Frontier Unlimited |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Alcoholic beverage industry |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Art Downs |
Publisher | : Heritage House Publishing Co |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2014-07-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1927527872 |
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They looked impressive in their red tunics, but the members of the fledgling North West Mounted Police had little experience as they departed from Fort Garry in 1874 on a mission to bring order to the lawless territories west of the Red River. There they found a vast and rugged land ruled by whiskey traders, outlaws, and First Nations determined to defend their way of life from encroaching settlers. From remote barracks in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, the new recruits quickly rose to the job of dispatching justice to criminals such as the Plains Cree trapper Swift Runner, hanged for murder and cannibalism, and the notorious Regina crime duo of Gaddy and Raclette. They put their lives on the line and sometimes paid the ultimate price for it, as revealed in the story of Constable Graburn, shot in the back at Cypress Hills by an unknown killer, and of Manitoba’s beloved first police chief, Richard Power, who drowned while pursuing the fugitive Mike Carroll. In other stories, the frontier town of Calgary is the site of the first hanging of a white man in western Canada, while further east, a quick-witted Métis from St. Boniface earns the title of Manitoba’s first indigenous outlaw. These are amazing stories indeed of a formative time in Canada’s history and the steadfast constabulary who helped bring order to a lawless land.
Author | : Eric Sherbrooke Walker |
Publisher | : Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2016-08-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0486804607 |
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The names have been changed to protect the guilty in this otherwise-authentic Prohibition memoir. Published under a pseudonym in 1928, the reminiscences offer an inside look at bootlegging-related corruption and violence.
Author | : Eric Sherbrooke Walker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Drinking of alcoholic beverages |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Kristin Johnson |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2021-10-26 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0817360158 |
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"An extensively-researched novel about the role of science in modern life, set against the backdrop of the 1925 Scopes Trial"--
Author | : James Barbican |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Liquor traffic |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : R. C. Durkee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2014-11-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781937327552 |
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AT FIRST IT WAS THE MONEY, THEN IT BECAME REVENGE. Summer, 1928, Rusty loses his job as a Lake Erie tugboat deckhand and can no longer afford his charter boat business. Out of work, out of hope and with a family to feed, he desperately turns to hauling grape juice for the mysterious Trapani clan despite his suspicions. After several successful trips, Al Trapani offers him an opportunity to run illegal alcohol from Canada. Rusty reluctantly agrees to try it just once. As Rusty slips into the underground world of rum running, he comes to realize he is losing far more than his principles-he is jeopardizing his marriage and his life. But getting out is not easy. Hunted by a sadistic renegade Coast Guard captain, Rusty soon finds himself in the captain's crosshair, forcing him to challenge not only his principles, but his perception of good and evil. The 1920s roar to life as Rusty's rum running legend grows. "With intense description and characters you'll love (or hate), R. C. Durkee holds readers on course and breezing through this engaging tale of love, wickedness, revenge and morality."-Rick Porrello, author of 'To Kill the Irishman, ' 'Best true-life crime caper since Goodfellas-San Francisco Examiner.' ..".a believable plot based on historical fact...brings history and events to life through Rusty's eyes and experiences. It's all these elements, wound into a satisfying and realistic story line backed by historical fact, that make Rum Run a winning account."-D. Donovan, Senior eBook Reviewer, Midwest Book Review. ..".a hit with boaters, Lyman owners and anyone who loves a good read."-Heidi Langer, Program Manager, LBOA.