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Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners and Graft in the Queen City (American Palate) by Brad Holden is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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 Guard and the zealous assistant director of the Seattle Prohibition Bureau, William Whitney, was no simple feat, but many rose to the challenge. Author Brad Holden tells the spectacular story of Seattle in the time of Prohibition.“When you live in Seattle long enough, at a certain point you need to sit down and read a history that ties together the half-heard stories about vice dens and crooked cops you've pieced together from locals at the bar. Brad Holden's “Seattle Prohibition,” a slim but dense account of Seattle shortly before, during and after Prohibition, is an excellent place to start. This is a riveting drama of plainly told facts.” —The Stranger“In a rapidly evolving city with little sense of its past, Brad Holden is Seattle's n

Who reads Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners and Graft in the Queen City (American Palate)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Brad Holden
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published
2019
Language
EN
ISBN
9781467140201
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Historical Fiction, Political Science
Rating
4.6 / 5 (53 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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