Bullets, Booze, Bootleggers, and Beer

Bullets, Booze, Bootleggers, and Beer
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Total Pages : 471
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ISBN-10 : 1939216621
ISBN-13 : 9781939216625
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Book Synopsis Bullets, Booze, Bootleggers, and Beer by : Lawrence P. Gooley

Download or read book Bullets, Booze, Bootleggers, and Beer written by Lawrence P. Gooley and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-03 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here for the first time is a complete look at Prohibition in northern New York: the shootings, killings, wild pursuits, gunplay at levels never seen before or since, corrupt lawmen, scofflaws, stills, Bootleg Kings, border runners, humorous incidents, ingenious smuggling techniques, hundreds of speakeasies, thousands of arrest stories, and more. Volume 1 covers the first half of Prohibition.Also revealed is northern New York's critical role in the repeal of Prohibition nationally. Two main sources that neither state nor federal enforcement organizations could plug were the offshore ships known as Rum Row (near New York City), and bootleggers crossing the state's border with Canada, especially the 63-mile land border with Quebec. Together they slaked the thirst of millions of New Yorkers, including those in the Big Apple.As the most populous and liberal state, New York led the resistance to Prohibition. It was often said that, "As New York goes, so goes the nation." And so it was. New York went against Prohibition, and after 14 tumultuous, violent, incredible years, the nation repealed a constitutional amendment-the only time that has ever happened in US history.


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