The Rumrunners: a Prohibition Scrapbook

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Foreword; Chapter 1: The Windsor-Walkerville Connection; Chapter 2: The Roadhouses; Chapter 3: King Canada: Blaise Diesbourg's Tales; Chapter 4: The Amiable Giant of Prohibition: James Scott Cooper; Chapter 5: In the Bad Old Days: Father and Son; Chapter 6: King of the Bootleggers: Fat Cecil Smith; Chapter 7: Art Gignac: The Gentleman Bootlegger; Chapter 8: Harry Low's Millions; Wimpy Stays Alive; Chapter 9: When "Bathtub Gin" was Called Rattlesnake Juice and Jackass Lightning.;On its way to selling 10000 copies in Canada, it is essential to understanding Prohibition in the US. Foreword Chapter 1: The Windsor-Walkerville Connection Chapter 2: The Roadhouses Chapter 3: King Canada: Blaise Diesbourg's Tales Chapter 4: The Amiable Giant of Prohibition: James Scott Cooper Chapter 5: In the Bad Old Days: Father and Son Chapter 6: King of the Bootleggers: Fat Cecil Smith Chapter 7: Art Gignac: The Gentleman Bootlegger Chapter 8: Harry Low's Millions Wimpy Stays Alive Chapter 9: When "Bathtub Gin" was Called Rattlesnake Juice and Jackass Lightning. Chapter 10: Assorted Stories: Whiskey Slides, Starting in the Business at Five, Iron Boxes Under the River & the Water HighwayChapter 11: The Battle of Old Crow and Other Tales: The Story of Walter Goodchild Chapter 12: The Kidnapping of Horace Wild Two-Gun Hart Chapter 13: Officials on the Fringe Izzy and Moe Chapter 14: Getting Liquor to Chicago Chapter 15: The Fighting Parson Pussyfoot Chapter 16: The Purple Gang's Reign of Terror Chapter 17: The Rivals: The Licavoli Squad Acknowledgements Index About the Author.