Whisky and Ice
The Saga of Ben Kerr, Canada's Most Daring Rumrunner
Dundurn Press · Print & ebook · July 26, 1996
During the Roaring Twenties, Ben Kerr was known as the "King of the Rumrunners." The U.S. Coast Guard put him at the top of the most-wanted list and offered a reward of $5,000.
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- Who it’s for
- A Prohibition-era account of Ben Kerr, the rumrunner pursued by the U.S. Coast Guard.
- Genres
- 20th-Century America, Organized Crime, Historical True Crime
- Published
- Dundurn Press, July 26, 1996
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During the Roaring Twenties, Ben Kerr was known as the "King of the Rumrunners." The U.S. Coast Guard put him at the top of the most-wanted list and offered a reward of $5,000. But ending up in Club Fed was not Kerrâs only worry - he had to contend with Hamilton crime lords Rocco and Bessie Perri.
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Whisky and Ice takes the reader back to the Prohibition era, when Canada and the United States were obsessed with "demon liquor" (not to mention the endless posturing by politicians). As Hunt aptly writes, the U.S. during Porhibition "was about as dry as the mud flats of the Mississippi at high tide."
Ben Kerr’s Rumrunning
A Prohibition-era account of Ben Kerr, the rumrunner pursued by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Come here for
- Ben Kerr’s place atop the Coast Guard’s most-wanted list
- The $5,000 reward offered for his capture
Expect
- Hamilton crime lords Rocco and Bessie Perri
- U.S. and Canadian liquor politics, including politicians’ posturing
Where it sits
| 20th-Century America | 47% |
|---|---|
| Historical True Crime | 34% |
| Organized Crime | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Canadian History
- Social History
- Authors
- C.W. Hunt
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Published
- July 26, 1996
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Canadian History