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New Jersey Coast Guard Stations and Rumrunners (Images of America)
New Jersey Coast Guard Stations and Rumrunners - Images of America Author:Van R. Field, John J. Galluzzo With its many inlets, points, and coves, the coast of New Jersey stood out as a haven for rumrunners brazenly thumbing their nose at the federal government during Prohibition. New Jersey was also recognized as the birthplace of the federal governments shore-based units of the United States Coast Guard, the organization charged at that time... more » with stopping the flow of demon run into America. With its vivid images, New Jersey Coast Guard Stations and Rumrunners revives the days when New Jerseys coasties stood toe-to-toe with the rumrunners of the 1920s and 1930s.« less