Overview

This work is an accurate, wide-ranging, and entertaining account of the illegal liquor traffic during the Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933). Based on FBI files, legal documents, old newspapers and other sources, it offers a coast-to-coast survey of Volstead crime--outrageous stories of America's most notorious liquor lords, including Al Capone and Dutch Schultz. Readers will find the lesser known Volstead outlaws to be as fascinating as their more famous counterparts. The riveting tales of Max Hassel, Waxy Gordon, Roy Olmstead, the Purple Gang, the Havre Bunch, and the Capitol Hill Bootlegger will be new to most readers. Likewise, the exploits of women bootleggers and flying bootleggers are unknown to most Americans. Books about Prohibition usually note that Canadian liquor exporters abetted the U.S. bootleggers, but they fail to go into detail. Bootleggers and Beer Barons examines the major cross-border routes for smuggling liquor from Canada into the U.S.: Quebec to Vermont and New York, Ontario to Michigan, Saskatchewan to Montana, and British Columbia to Washington.

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Author:   J. Anne Funderburg
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.789kg
ISBN:  

9780786479610

ISBN 10:   0786479612
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   30 April 2014
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Part The Volstead Law: King Alcohol Dethroned  1—Satan’s Best Friend, God’s Worst Enemy  2—Volstead 101: Prohibition Basics  3—Body and Soul: Hospital Whiskey and Sacramental Wine Part The Traffickers: When Liquor Is Outlawed, Outlaws Will Have Liquor  4—Everybody’s Doing It: Breaking the Law for Fun and Profit  5—Hooch Haulers: Roaring thru the Twenties  6—Jumping the Line: The Canadian Connection  7—Satan’s Seat: Defying Volstead in New York City  8—Speakeasy Heaven: Nightlife in the Big Apple  9—New York’s Big Three: The Best of the Worst 10—Feeling the Heat: Owney Madden 11—Arthur Flegenheimer: The Bronx Beer Baron 12—Payback: The Tax Collector versus the Peculator 13—Famous Last Words: Bet on Mom 14—Mr. Smooth: Waxy Gordon 15—New Jersey’s Triple X: Max, Maxie, and Waxy 16—Smedley and Boo Boo: Prohibition in Philadelphia 17—Washington, D.C.: The Capitol Hill Bootlegger and the Amphibians 18—Country Cousins: Dew Boys and Alky Cookers 19—Motor On: ­High-­Octane Fuel for Detroit 20—Detroit’s Downriver Rumrunners 21—Mob Mayhem in the Wicked City 22—Valentine’s Day, ­Chicago-­Style 23—Uncle Sam versus Scarface 24—­Whiskey-­Six Cowboys: The Boozorium Trail and Beyond 25—Seattle’s Bootleg King and LSD’s Johnny Appleseed 26—Dutiful Wives and Desperate Mothers 27—Winging It: Flying Bootleggers Part III. Choice versus Prohibition: The Cycle of History 28—Preserving God’s Bounty 29—Whiskey and Rum: America’s New Favorites 30—The Dry Women versus the Wet Workingmen 31—Corruption: Gangsters and Graft 32—The Enforcement Follies 33—Open the Spigots, Drown the Bigots: The End of the Prohibition Error Glossary: Volstead Vocabulary Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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J. Anne Funderburg has long focused her research interests on the Roaring Twenties and the Volstead Era, relying on sources published during Prohibition to capture the flavor of the era. She lives in Nokomis, Florida.

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