Rumrunners : liquor smugglers on America's coasts, 1920-1933 / / J. Anne Funderburg |
Autore | Funderburg J. Anne <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, Publishers, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 pages) |
Disciplina | 364.1/3361097309042 |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
ISBN |
9781476626703
9781476667577 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150321303321 |
Funderburg J. Anne <1946-> | ||
Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, Publishers, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Spirits of Defiance : National Prohibition and Jazz Age Literature, 1920-1933 / / Kathleen Drowne |
Autore | Drowne Kathleen Morgan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 189 p. :) : ill. ; |
Disciplina | 810.9/358 |
Soggetto topico |
Drinking customs in literature
Bars (Drinking establishments) in literature Prohibition - United States - History - 20th century Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature American literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8142-7267-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Remembering the culture of national prohibition -- Outside the law : liquor providers of the Prohibition era -- These wild young people : drinking and youth culture -- Hidden in plain sight : the drinking joints -- "Lets stay in" : the prohibition-era house party. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910552778603321 |
Drowne Kathleen Morgan | ||
Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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