RUM WAR AT SEA
Written by Malcolm F. Willoughby
Published by Government Printing Office, Washington
in 1964
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- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- ALCOHOL
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
RUM WAR AT SEA
Written by Malcolm F. Willoughby.
Stock no. 1826878
1st.
1964.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
The period of National Prohibition in America in the 1920s and 1930s. As one of the law enforcement agencies charged with the suppression of the illegal liquor traffice, the United States Coast Guard was deeply involved in what has become known as 'The Rum War'. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos and chapter headers. A few small knocks to board edges. Boards a little grubby, marked to rear board. Text block browned. Name in ink to top of front endpaper. Else contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter I The Trail to Prohibition
- Chapter II The "Noble Experiment"
- Chapter III The Rising Tide
- Chapter IV Destroyers for the Coast Guard
- Chapter V Tricks and Tactics
- Chapter VI Along the Pacific Coast
- Chapter VII The Second Line of Defense
- Chapter VIII Aids to Information
- Chapter IX In Southern Waters
- Chapter X Ships that Did Not Pass
- Chapter XI Black Duck, and Other Tales
- Chapter XII The End of Prohibition
- Appendix A Captured Vessels Taken Over By The Coast Guard
- Index