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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Funderburg, J. Anne, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prohibition--United States--History--20th century.

Prohibition.

Liquor industry--United States--History--20th century.

Liquor industry.

Smuggling--United States--History--20th century.

Smuggling.

Liquor laws--United States--History--20th century.

Liquor laws.

Crime--United States--History--20th century.

Crime.

History.

United States--History--1919-1933.

United States.

Physical Description:

v, 201 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

"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 Smugglers, along with many others, ran operations along the U.S. coastline until Prohibition was repealed in 1933.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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476667577

1476667578

OCLC:

962303794