Rumrunning in Suffolk County : Tales from Liquor Island.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Folk, Amy Kasuga.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcohol trafficking--New York (State)--Suffolk County--20th century.

Alcohol trafficking.

Prohibition--New York (State)--Suffolk County--History.

Prohibition.

Suffolk County (N.Y.)--History.

Suffolk County (N.Y.).

New York (State)--Suffolk County.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2022.

Summary:

Nicknamed "Liquor Island," Long Island was rumrunner's paradise during Prohibition. With its proximity to major markets and coastal communities for easy transit, Suffolk County was awash in illegal hooch. Smugglers bringing cases of booze from offshore often secretly hid product temporarily in local garages and sheds, leaving a bottle as a thank-you. Coded communication crisscrossed the county on shortwave radios arranging sales and logistics. Violence from criminal outfits disrupted previously quiet towns, as locals too often were swept up in dangerous unintentional engagements with bootleggers. Pour one out and join author Amy Kasuga Folk as she recounts stories from Suffolk County's Prohibition era

Contents:

Intro

Half Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Prohibition

How Did the Rumrunning Business Work?

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

Other Remembrances

Code Book

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Folk, Amy Kasuga Rumrunning in Suffolk County

ISBN:

9781439675151

OCLC:

1345585473