Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners and Graft in the Queen City

by Brad Holden

Book Overview

Prohibition consumed Seattle, igniting a war that lasted nearly twenty years and played out in the streets, waterways and even town hall. Roy Olmstead, formerly a Seattle police officer, became the King of the Seattle Bootleggers, and Johnny Schnarr, running liquor down from Canada, revolutionized the speedboat industry. Frank Gatt, a south Seattle restaurateur, started the state's biggest moonshining operation. Skirting around the law, the Coast...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467140201
• ISBN13: 9781467140201
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"