Alcohol, Boat Chases, and Shootouts!: How the U.S. Coast Guard and Customs Fought Rum Smugglers and Pirates

If you like stories about the Coast Guard, Customs, Pirates, boat chases, rum smugglers, corrupt politicians, conspiracies, violence, and drunken sailors, then you will love this book! This is an epic story that had been largely forgotten for several decades. In the 1920s, when transporting and selling alcohol was mostly illegal, brave men went to sea in an effort to stop rum smugglers and pirates. The effort proved far more challenging than anyone could imagine.