E-book
The rumrunners a prohibition scrapbook
Record details
- ISBN: 9781897231623 (print)
- ISBN: 9781926845067 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 electronic text (223 p.) : ill., ports., maps, digital file.
remote
Computer data.
electronic resource - Edition: 30th anniversary ed., rev. & expanded.
- Publisher: Emeryville, Ont. : Biblioasis, c2009
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:january.23 Includes index. Issued as part of the desLibris books collection. Multi-User. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The Windsor-Walkerville connection -- The roadhouses -- Kind Canada : Blaise Diesbourg's tales -- The amiable giant of prohibition : James Scott Cooper -- In the bad old days : father and son -- King of the bootleggers : Fat Cecil Smith -- Art Gignac : the gentleman bootlegger -- Harry Low's millions -- Wimpy stays alive -- When "bathtub gin" was called rattlesnake juice and jackass lightning -- Assorted stories : whiskey slides, starting in the business at five, iron boxes under the river & the water highway -- The battle of Old Crow and other tales : the story of Walter Goodchild -- The kidnapping of Horace Wild -- Two-gun Hart -- Officials on the fringe -- Izzy and Moe -- Getting liquor to Chicago -- The fighting parson -- Pussyfoot -- The Purple Gang's reign of terror -- The rivals : The Licavoli Squad. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available in print version. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by Canada Commons. |
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