DONT NEVER TELL NOBODY NOTHIN NO HOW: The Real Story of West Coast Rum Running.

James, Rick.

ISBN 10: 1550178415 / ISBN 13: 9781550178418

Edité par Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC, 2019

A propos de cet article

2nd printing. An entertaining account based on "first-hand accounts of old-time rum-runners, extensive research, and the often-sensational newspaper coverage of the day, [this] sets out to explain what really went down along the West Coast during the American 'Noble Experiment.' On January 17, 1920, the National Prohibition Act was declared in effect in the US. It wasnt long before fleets of vessels, from weather-beaten old fish boats to large ocean-going steamers, began filling their holds with liquor to deliver their much-valued cargo to their thirsty neighbours to the south. Rum-running along the Pacific coast was usually carried out in a relatively civilized manner, with an oh-so-Canadian politeness on the British Columbian side. But there were indeed shootouts, hijackings and even a particularly gruesome murder associated with the business." Illustrated with photographs. Sources, index. 312 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: DONT NEVER TELL NOBODY NOTHIN NO HOW: The Real Story of West Coast Rum Running.
• Éditeur: Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC
• Date de parution: 2019
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1550178415
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781550178418
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: FINE
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Canadian writers and history

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Synopsis

At the stroke of one minute past midnight, January 17, 1920, the National Prohibition Act was officially declared in effect in the United States. From 1920 to 1933 the manufacture, sale, importation and transportation of alcohol and, of course, the imbibing of such products, was illegal. Prohibition was already a bust in Canada and it wasn't long before fleets of vessels, from weather-beaten old fish boats to large ocean-going steamers, began filling their holds with liquor to deliver their much-valued cargo to their thirsty neighbours to the south.

Contrary to popular perception, rum-running along the Pacific coast was usually carried out in a relatively civilized manner, with an oh-so-Canadian politeness on the British Columbian side. Most operated within the law. But there were indeed shootouts, hijackings and even a particularly gruesome murder associated with the business. Using first-hand accounts of old-time rum-runners, extensive research using primary and secondary documentation, and the often-sensational newspaper coverage of the day, Don't Never Tell Nobody Nothin' No How sets out to explain what really went down along the West Coast during the American "Noble Experiment."

À propos de l'auteur

Rick James is a writer, maritime historian, photographer and field archaeologist who comes from a long line of smugglers. He has been published in British Columbia Magazine, Canada's History, Western Mariner and other periodicals, and is the author of several books including Raincoast Chronicles 21: West Coast Wrecks and Other Maritime Tales (Harbour Publishing, 2011). He lives in Courtenay, BC, with his partner, writer Paula Wild.