{"product_id":"rum-across-the-border-allan-s-everest-9780815625476","title":"Rum Across the Border: The Prohibition Era in Northern New York","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the boisterous days of American Prohibition, the Lake Chaplain region of New York State teemed with bootleggers, all hoping to make a fast buck smuggling Canadian liquor across the border. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this lively account of that era, Everest's sources--smugglers, local people, and customs officials--recall that if there was a way to smuggle booze, whether by road, rail, or water, it was tried at Rouses Point, New York, the site of a busy U.S. customs station on the Montreal-New York \"Rum Trail.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Temperance and Prohibition movements in New York State, controversial federal legislation, its enforcement, the smugglers' ingenuity, their rivalries, the profits, smuggling goods \u003ci\u003einto\u003c\/i\u003e Canada, the cars, female smugglers, illegal aliens, Canadian breweries, the speakeasies in New York City, the chases, the captures, the courts, and even the weather--all are part of the story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe generation who lived through those raucous days will remember that this is indeed how it was. A map, sixteen illustrations, and regional ballads are included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allan S. Everest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815625472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815625476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse Unbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.43d","brand":"Allan S. Everest","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995616674047,"sku":"9780815625476","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73c7f608-f49c-4c29-aa4e-efdf98635757.jpg?v=1683336823","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rum-across-the-border-allan-s-everest-9780815625476","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}