King of the Rum Runners: The Life of Big Bill Dwyer - Paperback

by Steven Radel (Author), Anne O'Dowd (Author)

This is the untold story of the most successful Rum Runner on the East Coast of America during Prohibition. Big Bill Dwyer grew up in the slums of Hell's Kitchen in New York City and went on to become a millionaire in a very short time by providing alcohol to the masses in the 1920's. He rubbed shoulders with countless mobsters and gangsters, politicians and sports heroes, owned several professional sports teams and horse racing tracks. But it was not meant to last. (approx. 280 pages).