Description:
Ever since mankind discovered the intoxicating
possibilities offered by a few readily available ingredients and a
little crude chemistry, the debate over alcohol has raged. And nowhere
more loudly than in America. The shouting match between drinkers and
distillers on one side and teetotalers and tax agents on the other has
created a din that predated the American Revolution, peaked during
Prohibition, and continues, unabated, today.
Moonshiners, Bootleggers & Rumrunners is filled with the exploits of
shifty-eyed moonshiners tending backwood stills; daring bootleggers
hustling cars laden with "tax-free" whiskey over rural highways;
revenuers pursuing their quarry on foot, in cars, and from airplanes;
and rumrunners and Coast Guard ships engaging in the occasionally
fatal "booze ballet".
More than 125 black and white
historical photographs accompany this thoroughly researched and
entertaining look at America's love/hat relationship with "demon rum."
