02890nam 2200517 450 991015032130332120230808200458.09781476626703ebook9781476667577(CKB)3710000000942629(MiAaPQ)EBC4740515(EXLCZ)99371000000094262920161107h20162016 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierRumrunners liquor smugglers on America's coasts, 1920-1933 /J. Anne FunderburgJefferson, North Carolina :McFarland & Company, Incorporated, Publishers,[2016]©20161 online resource (279 pages)1-4766-6757-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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 Smugglers, along with many others, ran operations along the U.S. coastline until Prohibition was repealed in 1933.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 corrupt Coast Guard members and the "Dry Navy" in their enterprise to keep America wet"--Provided by publisher.ProhibitionUnited StatesHistory20th centuryLiquor industryUnited StatesHistory20th centurySmugglingUnited StatesHistory20th centuryLiquor lawsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCrimeUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesHistory1919-1933ProhibitionHistoryLiquor industryHistorySmugglingHistoryLiquor lawsHistoryCrimeHistory364.1/3361097309042Funderburg J. Anne1946-1247841MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910150321303321Rumrunners2892482UNINA