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What made you pick this up? I'm not really into American history, but my parents live in MD and, if this one is good, would probably enjoy this one immensely.
>-Chesapeake Rumrunners >When Prohibition was the law, Chesapeake Bay was a smuggler's >paradise. Rogues of all types transported boatloads of >forbidden liquor in the days when America experimented with >forced, and unforeseeable, temperance. In a style reminiscent >of the era it describes, Eric Mills brings to life the world >of mobster and preacher, rumrunner and revenue man, moonshine >and "real McCoy." It was a whiskey-soaked age that was >supposed to be dry. Prohibition may have been the law of the >land, but the Chesapeake Bay country was awash in illegal >alcohol. The marshes were teeming with hidden stills, and >bootleg liquor was smuggled throughout the waterways and >adjoining countryside by daring men in fast boats and faster >cars. Chesapeake Rumrunners of the Roaring Twenties is a saga >of people--watermen and steamer captains, mob racketeers and >"legitimate" businessmen--all of them wanting part of the >action. In the maze of bay waters, boats played a key role in >that action, many disguised as workboats but built for speed >and the ability to outmaneuver the law. On the other side, >Billy Sunday and an army of temperance crusaders campaigned >tirelessly to encourage Prohibition, while federal agents and >Coast Guardsmen shared the impossible task of enforcing it. >Using a mix of news reports, government records, and local >lore, the author has written a fascinating account of a >memorable chapter in Chesapeake history. >https://www.amazon.com/Chesapeake-Rumrunners-Roaring-Twenties-Mills/dp/0870335189
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