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Smugglers, bootleggers, and scofflaws : prohibition and New York City / Ellen NicKenzie Lawson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lawson, Ellen NicKenzie.
- Series:
- Excelsior Editions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Crime.
- Criminals--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Criminals.
- Prohibition--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Prohibition.
- Smugglers--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Smugglers.
- New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (174 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : Excelsior Editions, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Uses previously unstudied Coast Guard records for New York City and environs to examine the development of Rum Row and smuggling in New York City during Prohibition.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Rum Row
- Along the shore
- Landfall Manhattan
- The Broadway Mob
- Scofflaw City
- Repeal
- Manahachtanienk
- Appendix: Selected Primary Documents.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781438448152
- 1438448155
- 9781461944706
- 1461944708
- OCLC:
- 900563519
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