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Author Dorr, Lisa Lindquist, author

Title A thousand thirsty beaches : smuggling alcohol from Cuba to the South during Prohibition / by Lisa Lindquist Dorr
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

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Contents The traffic in liquor -- Uncle's Sam's efforts -- Booze cops in Cuba -- Second only to bootlegging -- The liquor market -- Cocktail time
Summary The author tells the story of the vast smuggling network that brought high-end distilled spirits &, eventually, other cargoes (including undocumented immigrants) from Great Britain & Europe through Cuba to the United States between 1920 & the end of Prohibition. Because of their proximity to liquor-exporting islands, the numerous beaches along the southern coast presented ideal landing points for smugglers & distribution points for their supply networks. From the warehouses of liquor wholesalers in Havana to the decks of rum runners to transportation networks heading northward, Dorr explores these operations, from the people who ran the trade to the determined efforts of the US Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies to stop liquor traffic on the high seas, in Cuba, & in southern communities. In the process, she shows the role smuggling played in creating a more transnational, enterprising, & modern South
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject United States. Coast Guard -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT United States. Coast Guard fast
Subject Prohibition -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
Smuggling -- Gulf Coast (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
Smuggling -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Diplomatic relations
Prohibition
Smuggling
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- Cuba
Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States
Subject Cuba
Southern States
United States
United States -- Gulf Coast
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781469643281
1469643286
9781469643298
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