Author Name Gray, James Henry
Title Booze: The Impact of Whiskey on the Prairie West
Binding Hardcover
Book Condition Near Fine
Jacket Condition Very Good
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 arrangement 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.
Price =
30.00 USD
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