Canada's Rumrunners
Canada's Rumrunners

Author: Art Montague

Publisher: Amazing Stories

Published: 2004-03-26

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781551539478

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"...despite flying bullets and cannon shots, Ben had his crew hastily tossing evidence over the side of the boat. Bullet-riddled, the Maritimas finally came to a stop, but even then, the crew continued to throw the beer overboard." This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: the history of crime or prohibition. It is safe to say that America would have been a much drier place during Prohibition if Canadians had not rushed to the aid of their neighbours. While the United States was in full Prohibition (1920-1933), Canadian entrepreneurs were hard at work across the country supplying liquor by the barrel-load.

The Rumrunners
The Rumrunners

Author: Marty Gervais

Publisher: Biblioasis

Published: 2009-10-26

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1926845064

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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.

Rumrunners
Rumrunners

Author: J. Anne Funderburg

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-11-18

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1476626707

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In 1920, the 18th Amendment made the production, transportation and sale of alcohol not merely illegal--it was unconstitutional. Yet no legislation could end the demand for alcohol. Enterprising rumrunners worked to meet that demand with cunning, courage, machineguns and speedboats powered by aircraft engines. They out-maneuvered the U.S. Coast Guard and risked their lives to deliver illicit liquor. Smugglers like Bill McCoy, the Bahama Queen, and the Gulf Stream Pirate, along with many others, ran operations along the U.S. coastline until Prohibition was repealed in 1933. Drawing on legal records, newspaper articles and Coast Guard files, this history describes how rumrunners battled the Dry Navy and corrupted U.S. law enforcement, in order to keep America wet.

Whisky and Ice
Whisky and Ice

Author: C.W. Hunt

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 1996-07-26

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1554883776

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During the Roaring Twenties, Ben Kerr was known as the "King of the Rumrunners." The U.S. Coast Guard put him at the top of the most-wanted list and offered a reward of $5,000. But ending up in Club Fed was not Kerr’s only worry - he had to contend with Hamilton crime lords Rocco and Bessie Perri. Whisky and Ice takes the reader back to the Prohibition era, when Canada and the United States were obsessed with "demon liquor" (not to mention the endless posturing by politicians). As Hunt aptly writes, the U.S. during Porhibition "was about as dry as the mud flats of the Mississippi at high tide."

The Rumrunner's Boy
The Rumrunner's Boy

Author: E.R. Yatscoff

Publisher: BWL Publishing Inc.

Published: 2019-12-13

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0228611652

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Canadians are only too happy to supply liquor to thirsty Americans during U.S. Prohibition. Jarrod Hooker, 17, steps in for his injured father on a rum running crew smuggling liquor across Lake Erie. It’s a lucrative job they cannot afford to lose. Jarrod’s young age is resented by the rumrunners and they set out to sabotage him and confiscate his father’s boat. Carving out respect for himself among rough men will take a mighty effort. But Ill winds begin to blow across the lake when money from liquor shipments goes missing and the U.S. Coast Guard steps up smuggling patrols. Worse yet, an American gangster, a rogue from the notorious Purple Gang, tries to seize control of the operation. Whatever happens on the next run will change everything for everyone. Amid sabotage and bullets flying, Jarrod must put his trust in a very dangerous man. Although Canada is only a few miles offshore, it may as well be a world away.

The Rumrunners
The Rumrunners

Author: Charles Henry Gervais

Publisher: Annick Press

Published: 1980-01-01

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 9780920668085

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Rum runners a prohibition scrapbook.

Canada and the United States
Canada and the United States

Author: John Herd Thompson

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2010-05-31

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 0820337250

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The United States and Canada have the world’s largest trading relationship and the longest shared border. Spanning the period from the American Revolution to post-9/11 debates over shared security, Canada and the United States offers a current, thoughtful assessment of relations between the two countries. Distilling a mass of detail concerning cultural, economic, and political developments of mutual importance over more than two centuries, this survey enables readers to grasp quickly the essence of the shared experience of these two countries. This edition of Canada and the United States has been extensively rewritten and updated throughout to reflect new scholarly arguments, emphases, and discoveries. In addition, there is new material on such topics as energy, the environment, cultural and economic integration, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, border security, missile defense, and the second administration of George W. Bush.

Whispering Wires
Whispering Wires

Author: Philip Metcalfe

Publisher: Inkwater Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1592992528

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After Agatha Clay's locket is stolen, which is the only link to her parents, it sparks a series of events that lead to revenge, kidnappings, and death.

Great Goaltenders
Great Goaltenders

Author: Jim Barber

Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co

Published: 2005-10

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9781554390847

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In the golden age of hockey, the net was a place of grace, agility and innovation. Goaltenders deflected and blocked with creativity, stickhandled with bold strokes and fearlessly faced a puck travelling at speeds of 100 miles an hour. And they took a beating. Some of these stars made their saves before the mask; others got their shut-outs without padded blockers or trappers. This is an exhilarating chronicle of the quiet guardians of the crease.

Rum-runners and Renegades
Rum-runners and Renegades

Author: Rich Mole

Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co

Published: 2013-05-15

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1927527260

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On October 1, 1917, prohibition came into effect in the province of British Columbia. Washington and Oregon had gone dry the previous year. The ban on liquor sales led to deadly conflict and legal chaos in the Pacific Northwest, and the legacy of those “booze battles” continues into the 21st century. Rich Mole introduced readers to West Coast prohibition’s pioneer years in Scoundrels and Saloons: Whisky Wars of the Pacific Northwest, 1840–1917. In Rum-runners and Renegades, he recounts the wild and wacky—and sometimes tragic—results of later prohibition laws through the exploits of both prohibitionists and prohibition-busters, among them Jonathan Rogers, a wealthy Vancouver builder and prohibition leader; the Billingsley brothers, a quartet of handsome bootleggers from Seattle; and enterprising Johnny Schnarr, Victoria’s number-one rum-runner. From vicious marine hijackers and bedeviled police to corrupt politicians and frustrated drinkers on both sides of the border, this is an action-filled account of liquor and lawlessness on the West Coast.