10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUM-RUNNING»
Discover the use of
rum-running in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
rum-running and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
The first book in the Stories of Our Past series, Rum-Running is an intriguing look at one of the most fascinating aspects of Atlantic Canada's past.
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The Salt book: lobstering, sea moss pudding, stone walls, ...
People involved in such activities as lobstering, sea moss harvesting, and manning lighthouses discuss their lives in Maine and how they have changed over the years.
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Drink in Canada: Historical Essays
The following is a brief profile of some aspects of the economics of rum-running
in Canada's Maritime provinces. For purposes of analysis and organization I
have borrowed a concept popularized by the economist Parzival Copes of Simon
...
Cheryl Lynn Krasnick Warsh, 1993
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Italian Lives, Cape Breton Memories
A Brief Note on Rum-Running Len Stephenson Many people in Cape Breton,
Italian and non-Italian, engaged in rum-running in past years. Some of my close
Italian friends have left us with timely reminiscences of their involvement in the ...
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Booze: A Distilled History
... St. Pierre, 102; Hennigar, Rum Running Years, 10, 13, 42, 108-9. Forbes, "'
Rum' in the Maritimes Economy"; Hennigar, Rum Running Years, 8, 39—43, 104
(quotation by Lunenburg man); Calder, Booze and a Buck; Everest, Rum across
the ...
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First People of Back Bay (Bootleggers,
Rum Runners, Shrimp ...
Along with large stills that produced boodeg whiskey, an illegal industry called "
rum running" evolved. Rum running involved the use of large sailing schooners
to legally bring the alcoholic goods to just outside of the U.S. territorial waters.
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Shipwrecks and Seafaring Tales of Prince Edward Island
Add to these stories of seal hunts, waterspouts, U-boats, and ice boats, and you start to share in what it means to be an islander -- and what the unforgiving sea can yield.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Windsor, Ontario, Canada, was a major rum-running port in the early part of the twentieth century. In 1916, the State of Michigan, in the United States, adopted Prohibition.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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THE WORLD OF HORROTICA: DORMANT
... AND OTHER RUM-RUNNING CAPTAINS SUCH AS “BANANA JOE” RUN THE
RISK OF BRINGING THE ILLEGAL GOODS FROM SHIP-TO-SHORE DURING “
THE PROHIBITION TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT” WHEN THE RUM-RUNNING ...
David Edward Collier, 2013
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Tancook Schooners: An Island and Its Boats
A few island boats did engage in long-haul rum running, although mostly under
off-island ownership. The 65' deck boat Sarah Pauline, for instance (see fig. 15),
was purchased after a short fishing career by the well-known New Brunswick rum
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUM-RUNNING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
rum-running is used in the context of the following news items.
Windsor's prohibition era will be featured in a new short film entitled …
Stillwater focuses on 1920's Windsor and Ontario's rum-running industry, exploring characters such as speakeasy-owner Bertha Thomas and gun-touting pastor ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
Thousand Islands Playhouse unveils lineup
... Andrew Kushnir did their own adaptation of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic musical comedy, setting it in the days of Prohibition and rum-running in the islands. «The Kingston Whig-Standard, May 15»
Best Paddling Towns: Detroit, Michigan
Almost a century ago, rum-running Garwood torpedo boats rooster-tailed between Detroit and Canada, gunning their custom-fitted truck engines to outrun ... «CANOE & KAYAK, May 15»
Cape Breton rum-runners acquitted
Rum-running was the term used to describe the illegal entry of liquor produced in St. Pierre & Miquelon and unlawfully imported into Cape Breton — in other ... «Cape Breton Post, Apr 15»
3 daring cocktails inspired by Vancouver's rum-running past
The Chief Skugaid, which is still afloat today and remains moored in New Westminster, B.C., was the most successful rum-running vessel in the country. «Vancity Buzz, Mar 15»
The Devil gets his due
John Thomas Randell, who had a long career as a naval officer but who is perhaps best remembered for his rum-running career during the 1920s. His ship, the ... «The Telegram, Mar 15»
Revisiting Jeb Bush's Bad Behavior at Andover
... in a campus rum-running operation to save himself. LeBoutillier says he picked up the story at a Harvard reunion from one of Bush's Andover contemporaries, ... «Vanity Fair, Jan 15»
Take 'booze cruise' into Fort Lauderdale's rum-running past
Learn about the bootleggin' history of Fort Lauderdale (or Fort Liquordale, as it has been affectionately called) while sailing up the New River, glass in hand, ... «Sun Sentinel, Oct 14»
NS: Authentic Seacoast brings rum-running back to Louisbourg
[LOUISBOURG, NS] — A centuries-old practice of rum-running has returned to the cobblestone streets of the Fortress of Louisbourg. It comes with a modern twist ... «Daily Business Buzz - Nova Scotia, Sep 14»
Rum-running returns to Louisbourg
LOUISBOURG — A familiar scent has returned to stoned walls of the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site. On Tuesday, 120 wooden barrels of dark rum ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Sep 14»
