| The Rumrunners: A Prohibition Scrapbook Anniversary, Re Edition Contributor(s): Gervais, Marty (Author) |
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ISBN: 1897231628 ISBN-13: 9781897231623 Publisher: Biblioasis OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: First published in 1980, though long out of print, Marty Gervaiss The Rumrunners: A Prohibition Scrapbook was a surprise bestseller, at more than 40,000 copies. An illustrated history of bootlegging along the Great Lakes, it gave a sense of the prohibition, and the larger-than-life rumrunners and bootleggers who thrived during it, in a way that no document before nor after has managed. This revised and enlarged 30th Anniversary edition brings back the original book with new stories and photographs, an essential volume for anyone interested in the history of the prohibition, and the U.S.- Canadian borderexperience. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - History | United States - 20th Century - True Crime | Organized Crime |
| Dewey: 364.133 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.9" W x 8.4" (1.35 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 1920's - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Geographic Orientation - Michigan - Geographic Orientation - Ontario |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A 10,000 copy seller in Canada, The Rumrunners offers a photographic history of the regular men and women who smuggled Canadian liquor to the United States during the roaring '20s. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of Prohibition. |