Author Name Gray, James Henry
Title Booze: The Impact of Whiskey on the Prairie West
Binding Hardcover
Book Condition Near Fine
Type Book
Edition First Edition
Publisher Rexdale, Ontario, Canada Macmillan of Canada 1972
ISBN Number 0770508936 / 9780770508937
Inscription Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID 017924
Hardcover. In near
fine condition, with a very good DJ, a 3/4 inch closed tear at the top
of front panel. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page.
Wide open boozing was a fact of life in the pioneer west of Canada. And
it didn't stay in Canada - booze runners came into the states. In
Winnipeg, there is a legend that the city had an informal arrangment
with Ginger Snooks, its most famous scavenger, to make a midnight sweep
of the alleys behind the Main Street hotels with horse and wagon during
the late fall and winter, and to cart the passed-out drunks to the
police station. His fee was one dollar per body delivered.
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