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Tyne Valley, PEI: Geoffrey Robinson & Dorothy Robinson. Very Good+. 1995. Fifth Edition. Softcover. 0969194390 . Card covers show some shelf wear, small notation on front fly leaf. ; A bright, solid book.; B&W Illustrations; 8.9 X 5.9 X 0.4 inches; 136 pages; "Between 1920 and 1941, many hundreds of vessels of all shapes and sizes scurried up and down the Atlantic coast taking alcohol, in one form or another, to the United States and Canada. The quantity of liquor involved was so large that it boggles the mind to think of it. Take a minute or so to look at page II, an extract of the Special Parliamentary Committee on the Department of Customs and Excise which sat in 1926. It lists the alcoholic drinks that passed through Halifax over the period of a few weeks in 1925. Some of it was of Canadian origin, produced for export, while the remainder was direct from Europe, being loaded on smaller ships. The destinations are, of course, all false as most of the vessels were en route…
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It Came by the Boat Load : Essays on Rum Running Paperback - 1995
by Robinson, Geoffrey; Robinson, Dorothy
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- Title It Came by the Boat Load : Essays on Rum Running
- Author Robinson, Geoffrey; Robinson, Dorothy
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- Edition Fifth Edition
- Publisher Geoffrey Robinson & Dorothy Robinson, PEI, Canada
- Date 1995-01
- ISBN 9780969194392
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