{"product_id":"rum-across-the-border-the-prohibition-era-in-northern-new-york-9780815625476","title":"Rum Across the Border: The Prohibition Era in Northern New York","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Allan S. Everest\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Syracuse Unbound\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Syracuse Unbound\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46470775079063,"sku":"9780815625476","price":1788.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780815625476.jpg?v=1766241519","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/rum-across-the-border-the-prohibition-era-in-northern-new-york-9780815625476","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}