Rum Running and the Roaring Twenties - Prohibition on the Michigan-Ontario Waterway

About the author

Philip P. Mason (1927-2021) was a Distinguished Professor of History at Wayne State University and director of the Archives of Labor & Urban Affairs at the Walter P. Reuther Library. He was the author of The Ambassador Bridge and the editor of Copper Country Journal, amongst other publications. Professor Mason received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan; he was awarded 2009 Historical Society of Michigan Lifetime Achievement Award.

Summary

Presents stories of the bungled efforts by officials at every level to control the smuggling and sale of illegal alcohol. Most entertaining are the creative smuggling efforts undertaken by citizens from all walks of life - from the poor to the affluent, from upstanding citizens to organized criminals and gangsters.

Product details

• Authors: Philip P Mason, Philip P. Mason
• Publisher: WAYNE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.05.2024
• EAN: 9780814351048
• ISBN: 978-0-8143-5104-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Great Lakes Books; Great Lakes Books Series
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries