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Whisky and Ice
The Saga of Ben Kerr, Canada's Most Daring Rumrunner
C.W. Hunt
Dundurn Press · Print & ebook · July 26, 1996
Reading lane: Canadian History
During the Roaring Twenties, Ben Kerr was known as the "King of the Rumrunners." The U.S. Coast Guard put him at the top of the most-wanted list and offered a reward of $5,000.
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- Authors
- C.W. Hunt
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Published
- July 26, 1996
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Canadian History · Social History
- Reading lane
- Canadian History
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Canadian History
Social History
About This Book
During the Roaring Twenties, Ben Kerr was known as the "King of the Rumrunners." The U.S. Coast Guard put him at the top of the most-wanted list and offered a reward of $5,000. But ending up in Club Fed was not Kerrâs only worry - he had to contend with Hamilton crime lords Rocco and Bessie Perri. Whisky and Ice takes the reader back to the Prohibition era, when Canada and the United States were obsessed with "demon liquor" (not to mention the endless posturing by politici...
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