Florida Prohibition
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Florida Prohibition

Corruption, Defiance & Tragedy

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eBook - ePub

Florida Prohibition

Corruption, Defiance & Tragedy

About this book

bAuthor Randy Jaye guides readers through Florida's Prohibition Era. Prohibition is recognized as the most unpopular law in US history. It was so unpopular at the time that some Floridians weren't all too keen on obeying it. Learn how it was instigated by small town Protestants who believed that newer immigrants living in big cities were immoral because of their emphatic use of alcohol. Prohibition bred corruption, defiance of the law, and hypocrisy as illegal bootlegging, moonshining and rum running replaced legitimate taxpaying industries. Florida actually voted state-wide Prohibition into law before the dreaded 18th amendment and was the only state to elect a governor from the Prohibition Party. Florida's Bill McCoy "The Real McCoy" founded Rum Row and became an international celebrity as he made a mockery of the U.S. Coast Guard's inability to squelch his innovative rum running operations. Al Capone, the infamous gangster, vacationed in Florida while his henchmen perpetrated the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Many virtually unknown stories of tragic killings in Florida during Prohibition are also recounted.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. The Age-Old Human Relationship with Alcohol
  9. 2. The Temperance Movement before the Eighteenth Amendment
  10. 3. Nationwide Prohibition: The United States Goes “Bone Dry”
  11. 4. Prohibition Laws Defied by the Masses and the Entrusted
  12. 5. Rumrunning in Florida
  13. 6. Bootlegging and Moonshining in Florida
  14. 7. Selective and Unequal Justice in Florida
  15. 8. Tragic Prohibition-Related Deaths in Florida
  16. 9. National Prohibition Is Repealed
  17. 10. Alcohol Restrictions in Florida after National Prohibition
  18. 11. Prohibition’s Legacy
  19. Appendix I. Florida’s Five Governors during the Prohibition Era
  20. Appendix II. The Five U.S. Presidents during the Prohibition Era
  21. Appendix III. The Temperance Movement and Prohibition-Era Comic Postcards
  22. Bibliography
  23. About the Author