Run the Rum In: Rumrunners, Bootleggers & Stills - South Florida During the Prohibition

by Sally J. Ling

Overview

Discover the tricks of the trade: smuggling the liquor and evading the law. Learn of the dealings of "the Real McCoy." In this history of Prohibition in south Florida, author Sally J. Ling explores the impact of bootleggers and moonshiners on Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties, presenting tales of rumrunning and lawbreaking as told through personal and written accounts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596292499
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	02/09/2007
Series:	True Crime
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Sally J. Ling is an author, freelance journalist and speaker. She is a special correspondent for the Sun Sentinel newspaper and her work has appeared in Boca Raton, Gold Coast, Boca Life, Delray Beach and Carolina Bride magazines. When not writing, she speaks to organizations and students about local history and writing. She lives in Deerfield Beach, Florida
Her other books published by The History Press include:
Small Town, Big Secrets: Inside the Boca Raton Army Air Field during WWII and A History of Boca Raton

Table of Contents

Preface     7
Acknowledgements     9
Introduction     11
From Temperance to Prohibition     15
Smuggling Begins     29
Bahamas, Conduit to Florida and the United States     34
Rumrunners Take to the Seas     49
Enforcing the Law on the High Seas     64
Rumrunning Ladies of the Seas     73
Murder and Mayhem on the High Seas     80
Enforcing the Law on Land     86
Smugglers Take to the Air     102
Al Capone and the South Florida Connection     109
Cap's Place     118
The Beginning of the End     123
Prohibition Comes to an End     140
Bibliography     149
Index     155
About the Author     159