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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Maritime historians Van R. Field and John J. Galluzzo are members of the United States Life-Saving Service Heritage Association, and Galluzzo is the editor of the association's publication, Wreck & Rescue Journal. Field is a frequent contributor to that journal and other maritime history magazines and is the author of a book on shipwrecks. Galluzzo is the author of several previous titles with Arcadia Publishing. Their vital interest in their subject is evident in New JerseyCoast Guard Stations and Rumrunners.
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The face of rum-smuggling,
This review is from: New Jersey Coast Guard Stations and Rumrunners (NJ) (Images of America) (Paperback)
The New Jersey shore swarmed with rum smugglers during the 1920's. This book is a priceless collection of hard-to-find photos of this era. It is an excellent light-read. For those who are looking for a more in-depth account, look at this book:
Alcohol, Boat Chases, and Shootouts! How the U.S. Coast Guard and Customs Fought Rum Smugglers and Pirates (Part I: 1919-1924)
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Because of its role as guardian of the southern approach to the Hudson River, Sandy Hook Lifesaving Station was one of the first built in the United States, in 1848. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shoreside stations, motor lifeboats, lifesaving station, heritage association Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coast Guard, Life-Saving Service, New Jersey, United States, Atlantic City, Long Island, Ocean City, Captain Oshorn, World War, Captain Osborn, Red House-type, Hog Island Station, Barnegat Bay, Cape Cod, Long Beach Island, Revenue Cutter Service, Rhode Island, Squan Beach, Townsend Inlet, Ahsecon Lighthouse, Barnegat Station, Cape May Point, Eugene Topping Oshorn, Little Egg Station, Spermaceti Cove New!
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Because of its role as guardian of the southern approach to the Hudson River, Sandy Hook Lifesaving Station was one of the first built in the United States, in 1848. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shoreside stations, motor lifeboats, lifesaving station, heritage association Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coast Guard, Life-Saving Service, New Jersey, United States, Atlantic City, Long Island, Ocean City, Captain Oshorn, World War, Captain Osborn, Red House-type, Hog Island Station, Barnegat Bay, Cape Cod, Long Beach Island, Revenue Cutter Service, Rhode Island, Squan Beach, Townsend Inlet, Ahsecon Lighthouse, Barnegat Station, Cape May Point, Eugene Topping Oshorn, Little Egg Station, Spermaceti Cove New!
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- The United States Life-Saving Service by Ralph C. Shanks on page 115, and Back Matter
- Wreck Ashore: U.S. Life-Saving Service, Legendary Heroes of the Great Lakes by Frederick Stonehouse in Back Matter
- Lighthouses and Life Saving Along the Massachusetts Coast (MA) (Images of America) by James W. Claflin in Back Matter
- Golden Gate Bridge (Checkerboard Symbols, Landmarks and Monuments) by Tamara L. Britton on page 25
- Great Lakes by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
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