Rumrunners, The

Name: Rumrunners, The
Brand: Folklore Publishing
SKU: 9781894864404
Price: 53.12 RON
Availability: InStock

Dodging the Law During Prohibition

Autor: Frank Anderson

Limbă:

Legare: Carte broșată

Editura: Folklore Publishing

Disponibilitate: șansă 50%

Şanse de a obține acest titlu

53.12 lei

The thirsty days of Prohibition in Alberta began at midnight on June 30, 1916, but many had been dri...

Informații despre carte

Autor

Frank Anderson

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2005

Pagini

120

EAN

9781894864404

ISBN

9781894864404

Enbook ID

10012842

Editura

Folklore Publishing

Greutate

128

Dimensiuni

135 x 212 x 12

Descriere completă

The thirsty days of Prohibition in Alberta began at midnight on June 30, 1916, but many had been drinking so hard that the booze had long ago run out. Suddenly, the rumrunner was king, and backyard stills popped up everywhere. Even though the government introduced new laws and set up a new police force, liquor was still being made, sold and consumed by those who could outwit the law. Here is Frank W. Anderson''s rollicking account of the Prohibition years: · the schemes by temperance and moral leaders to convince the government to pass a Prohibition bill to halt the use and trafficking of liquor · the loopholes in the law that rumrunners could easily drive their product through · the escapades of Emperor Pick, the Bottle King, whose lucrative bottle-collecting business was a front for his more secretive liquor trafficking business · the covert operations of John Greenburg and Mike Segal, whose backwoods still was never found · Mr. Big''s many hideouts along the Crowsnest Pass road where he could cache the liquor if the police was chasing him or his cohorts · and stories of ordinary citizens across the province who risked their lives and livelihoods just to be able to lift a glass. The question remains: Did Prohibition really serve its purpose of preventing crime or did it have the opposite effect?

S-ar putea să te intereseze

Clienții care au cumpărat această carte au mai cumpărat și

Cele mai căutate

Categories

Authors

Publishers

Produse

Produse

Cele mai căutate

Categories

Authors

Publishers

Produse

Produse

Rumrunners, The

Dodging the Law During Prohibition

Informații despre carte

Descriere completă

S-ar putea să te intereseze

Clienții care au cumpărat această carte au mai cumpărat și