Harry Brown Rumrunning Journal

Harry Brown Rumrunning Journal

Account written by Harry Brown describing his experiences as an engineer on a rumrunner during Prohibition. Includes details on picking up cargoes in Cuba and St. Pierre & Miquelon, landing and distributing cargoes in the United States, interactions with customs officials, and the organization of the rumrunning business. Brown wrote this account in the 1930s for a friend who worked as a newspaper reporter.