The Rumrunners - Frank W. Anderson

The thirsty days of Prohibition in Alberta began at midnight on June 30, 1916, but many had been drinking so hard that the booze had long ago run out. Suddenly, the rumrunner was king, and backyard stills popped up everywhere. Even though the government introduced new laws and set up a new police force, liquor was still being made, sold and consumed by those who could outwit the law.


Book donated by Folklore Publishing.

Mobsters and Rumrunners of Canada – Gord Steinke

Mobsters and Rumrunners of Canada
 By Gord Steinke


Folklore Publishing

During the 1920s, Prohibition laws in the US led to lucrative deals between business-savvy Canadians and their mobster connections south of the 49th parallel. The ensuing crime sprees filled with tommy guns and barrels of bootleg whisky have become part of the rich folklore of the Roaring Twenties.  In this rollicking collection, noted journalist and broadcaster Gord Steinke uncovers the ruses and schemes used by Canadian rumrunners to sneak their booze past the long arm of the law.