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Rum-runners and renegades : whisky wars of the Pacific Northwest, 1917-2012 / Rich Mole

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Mole, Rich, 1946-
Published
Victoria ; Vancouver ; Calgary : Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd, [2013]
Copyright Date
© 2013
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Intro; Contents; Prologue; 1: The Dawn of Dry BC; 2: Tragedy in Seattle; 3: The Trouble with City Hall; 4: Law and Disorder; 5: Betrayal and Backlash; 6: The End and the Beginning; 7: Johnny and the Rum-Runners; 8: The Men of Rum Row; 9: Pacific Coast Pirates; 10: The Good Bootlegger; 11: Out of "Control"; 12: BC's Beer Blues; Epilogue: Prohibition's Shadow; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author; More Amazing Stories by Rich Mole.
Summary
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.
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9781927527252 (EPUB)
1927527252 (EPUB)
9781192456233 (PDF)
1192456238 (PDF)
9781192456231 (PDF)
1927527279 (electronic bk.)
9781927527276 (electronic bk.)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued also in printed form.
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