{"product_id":"9781088078600","title":"Booze, Badboys \u0026 Bootleggers: North Country Tales Grandpa Never Told You","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat Grandpa Never Told You... A Lot of Northern New York Families Made a Shady Living As Smugglers, Bootleggers, and Booze Runners During Prohibition \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003e1920 - First Year of Prohibition: A Watertown police officer leaped from a moving taxi onto a fleeing car to arrest Massena bootleggers. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFederal agents raided Ogdensburg by land and sea to crack down on rum-running. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e2 Potsdam ministers helped federal agents conduct righteous speakeasy raids. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eOgdensburg's Fred Lassail: Bootlegger and Dad. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eA high-speed chase down the streets of Massena led to the arrest of Potsdam bootleggers. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eAn Ogdensburg mayoral candidate defended the city's leading speakeasy owner.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e12,000 quarts of liquor were seized on a ship docked at Cardinal, Ontario by Prescott Customs agents after the booze showed up in Ogdensburg. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eAn ALCOA crane operator's suicide in Massena was blamed on bootlegging, smuggling, and gambling. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eGouverneur's Fred Scozzafava crashed into the New York Central train in DeKalb while hauling a load of smuggled booze. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eOgdensburg's Joseph Rish's colorful career as a speakeasy owner. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBurglars robbed the U.S. Customs House for Booze at Rouses Point. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCranberry Lake, Norfolk, Pyrites, and others raided. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFederal G-Men Led Raids Across Northern New York.\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"James E. Reagen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47691286511857,"sku":"9781088078600","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781088078600_p0.jpg?v=1768834422","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781088078600","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}