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Rum-Running

Stories of our Past

by (author) Allison Lawlor

Publisher
Nimbus Publishing
Initial publish date
Oct 2009
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551097343
    Publish Date
    Oct 2009
    List Price
    $17.95

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Description

The first book in the Stories of Our Past series, Rum-Running is an intriguing look at one of the most fascinating aspects of Atlantic Canada's past. Journalist and author Allison Lawlor chronicles the history of this furtive trade and recounts the exploits and escapades of the East Coast's most infamous liquor smugglers. Complete with enthralling first-person accounts, fact-filled sidebars, and over 60 photos, and written in an easy-to-read, accessible style, Rum-Running is the rollicking story of one of the most captivating, and controversial, chapters of Canadian history.

About the author

Allison Lawlor is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, and HomemakersI,/i>, Canadian Living, and University Affairs magazines. After graduating from Ryerson University she worked as a reported for several daily papers in Ontario before moving to Nova Scotia in 2003. Her first book, 250 Years of Progress: Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency, was published by Nimbus in 2005. Allison lives in Prospect, Nova Scotia, with her husband and their two daughters.

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