New Jersey Coast Guard Stations and Rumrunners

This book PDF is perfect for those who love History genre, written by Van R. Field and published by Arcadia Publishing which was released on 28 May 2024 with total hardcover pages 134. You could read this book directly on your devices with pdf, epub and kindle format, check detail and related New Jersey Coast Guard Stations and Rumrunners books below.

New Jersey Coast Guard Stations and Rumrunners

Author	: Van R. Field
File Size	: 49,8 Mb
Publisher	: Arcadia Publishing
Language	: English
Release Date	: 28 May 2024
ISBN	: 0738535915
Pages	: 134 pages

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New Jersey Coast Guard Stations and Rumrunners by Van R. Field Book PDF Summary

With its many inlets, points, and coves, the coast of New Jersey stood out as a haven for rumrunners brazenly thumbing their nose at the federal government during Prohibition. New Jersey was also recognized as the birthplace of the federal government's shore-based units of the United States Coast Guard, the organization charged at that time with stopping the flow of "demon run" into America. With its vivid images, New Jersey Coast Guard Stations and Rumrunners revives the days when New Jersey's "coasties" stood toe-to-toe with the rumrunners of the 1920s and 1930s.

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