transported cheap Caribbean rum to Florida speakeasies. However, rum's cheapness made it a low-profit item for the rum-runners, and they soon moved on to...
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rum runner in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A rum runner is a person or ship engaged in the illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages. Rum...
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Rum Runners (French: Boulevard du Rhum) is a 1971 French-Italian-Spanish adventure film directed by Robert Enrico and produced by Alain Poiré. It is based...
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Rum Runner was a nightclub on Broad Street, Birmingham. The club operated from 1964 until its demolition in 1987. Originally a casino, the Rum Runner...
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(August 17, 1877 – December 30, 1948), was an American sea captain and rum-runner during the Prohibition in the United States. In pursuing the trade of...
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"Rum Runners", Bilioasis, Emeryville, Canada, 2009, pg.38 Philip P. Mason, Rum-Running and the Roaring Twenties, p.20 Marty Gervais, "Rum Runners", Bilioasis...
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Gertrude Lythgoe (section Rum running career)
(March 1, 1888 - June 24, 1974) was one of the most prominent female rum-runners, or bootleggers, in the 1920s. She had various jobs before working for...
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thereafter. These lines became established near major U.S. ports so that rum runners could load cargoes of alcoholic beverages from these freight ships and...
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The Rum Patrol was an operation of the United States Coast Guard to interdict liquor smuggling vessels, known as "rum runners" in order to enforce prohibition...
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Francisco by the same waterway, it was also a favorite landing spot for rum runners. The 1942 film China Girl has some footage of Sally Stanford's Valhalla...
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