Twin Cities prohibition : Minnesota blind pigs and bootleggers / Elizabeth Johanneck.
Title:
Twin Cities prohibition : Minnesota blind pigs and bootleggers / Elizabeth Johanneck.
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Publication Information:
Charleston, SC : The History Press, [2022]
©2011
Physical Description:
1 online resource (157 pages) : illustrations
General Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Introduction -- A different type of law and order -- Prohibition -- Boom! -- The Foshay Tower : a monument to flimflammery -- Crash -- Kid Cann -- Women and crime -- The murder of investigative journalist Walter Liggett -- Leon Gleckman, St. Paul's Al Capone -- Redwood Falls bank heist -- Captain Billy's Breezy Point Lodge -- Revenuers raid New Ulm, Minnesota -- Conclusion.
Summary:
Examines the bootleggers, speakeasies, and criminal activity in the Twin Cites during the Prohibition Era, including the major players on both sides of the law and famous heists and busts. Includes black-and-white photographs.
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