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Moonshiners, Bootleggers & Rumrunners / Derek Nelson.
LIBRA - Blank Collection HJ5021 .N44 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelson, Derek, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Distilling, Illicit--United States.
- Distilling, Illicit.
- Liquors--Taxation--United States.
- Liquors.
- Liquors--Taxation.
- United States.
- Penn Provenance:
- Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
- Other Title:
- Moonshiners, Bootleggers and Rumrunners
- Place of Publication:
- Osceola, WI : Motorbooks International, 1995.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- History of Moonshining
- Chemistry of Moonshine and Bootleg Liquor
- Stills and Their Operators
- The Revenuer
- Bootlegging: the Techniques, Ploys, and Methods
- Rumrunning: from "Gentleman's Game" to Syndicate Operation
- The Coast Guard Battles Rumrunners
- Rumrunning by Boat
- Cast of Characters
- Hazards of the Game
- Moonshiners in the Media
- Famous Places.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-191) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.
- Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.
- ISBN:
- 0760300011
- 9780760300015
- 0879389567
- 9780879389567
- OCLC:
- 32049447
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