Smugglers of Spirits: Prohibition and the Coast Guard Patrol by Waters, Harold - 1971

Hastings House Pub. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0803867050 . Light wear to the binding. The dust jacket has slight wear to the edges.; 220 pages .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York, N.Y.: Hastings House, 1971. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. [4], 220 pages. Illustrations. Footnote. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Ink notation on front DJ flap. DJ has some wear and soiling. The days of speakeasies and bathtub gin on land were called "Rummie Days" at sea. Smugglers were fattening on the thirst of a Dry country, and the Coast Guard, with recommissioned destroyers and fast "picket boats," was engaged in a naval war. What began as a merry game of cops and robbers was later played for keeps when the syndicates moved in. This book shows the broad scale of an era in American history, when an attempt to enforce an exaggerated idea of morality caused corruption and carnage. The Rum Patrol was an operation of the United States Coast Guard to interdict liquor smuggling vessels, known as "rum runners" in order to enforce prohibition in American waters. On 18 December 1917, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution was submitted to the states… Read More