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Rumrunning in Suffolk County: Tales from Liquor Island

Rumrunning in Suffolk County: Tales from Liquor Island - Paperback

by Amy Kasuga Folk
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Amy Kasuga FolkTheme:Cultural Region/Mid-AtlanticPublish date:2022-06-20Pages:192
Languages:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467151610ISBN-10:1467151610UPC:9781467151610Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:United States, Organized Crime, HistoricalBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.94 x 6.06 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.92Product ID:SC5B1V7DR0

Nicknamed Liquor Island, Long Island was rumrunner's paradise during Prohibition.

With its proximity to major markets and coastal communities for easy transit, Suffolk County was awash in illegal hooch. Smugglers bringing cases of booze from offshore often secretly hid product temporarily in local garages and sheds, leaving a bottle as a thank-you. Coded communication crisscrossed the county on shortwave radios arranging sales and logistics. Violence from criminal outfits disrupted previously quiet towns, as locals too often were swept up in dangerous unintentional engagements with bootleggers.

Pour one out and join author Amy Kasuga Folk as she recounts stories from Suffolk County's Prohibition era

Languages:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467151610ISBN-10:1467151610UPC:9781467151610Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:United States, Organized Crime, HistoricalBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.94 x 6.06 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.92Product ID:SC5B1V7DR0
Author Amy Kasuga Folk is the manager of collections for the Oysterponds Historical Society, as well as the manager of collections for the Southold Historical Society and the town historian for Southold. She is also the past president of the Long Island Museum Association and the Region 2 co-chair of the Association of Public Historians. She is the coauthor of several award-winning books focusing on the history of Southold.
Publisher: History Press

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