Chesapeake Rumrunners of the Roaring Twenties
$68.27
- Hardcover
204 pages
- Release Date
24 July 2009
Summary
Chesapeake Rumrunners: A Bay of Bootleggers in the Roaring Twenties
When Prohibition gripped the nation, Chesapeake Bay became a haven for smugglers. In this captivating narrative, Eric Mills evokes the era when America experimented with forced temperance, a time rife with unforeseen consequences.
Step back into 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. Hidden …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780870335181 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0870335189 |
| Author: | Eric Mills |
| Publisher: | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 204 |
| Release Date: | 24 July 2009 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Eric Mills
Eric L. Mills is a professor emeritus in the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University and former director of the History of Science and Technology Program at the University of King’s College. He is the winner of the Jehuda Neumann Memorial Prize for the History of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography from the Royal Meteorological Society.
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