Rumrunning and the roaring twenties

Description:

Using police and court records, newspaper accounts, and interviews with those who lived during the time, Philip P. Mason has constructed a fascinating history of life in Michigan during Prohibition. He regales readers with stories of the bungled efforts by officials at every level to control the smuggling and sale of illegal alcohol. Most entertaining are the hundreds of photos capturing the essence of the era: the creative smuggling efforts undertaken by citizens of all walks of life...

subjects: Smuggling,  History,  Prohibition,  Schmuggel,  Alkoholisches Getränk,  Alcohol trafficking,  Histoire,  20e siècle,  Contrebande,  Geschichte 1918-1933,  Alcool,  Detroit (mich.), history

Places: Detroit,  Detroit (Mich.),  Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.),  Michigan,  Ontario,  United States,  Windsor,  Windsor (Ont.)

Times: 20th century