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A to Z: W is for Whoot! & Whiskey Runs

By Donna Galanti

Part of the Blogging A to Z Challenge. I’m blogging every day in April, except Sundays, thematically from A to Z.  Find out more here

My grandpa (far left) back in the 1930s

W is for Whoot-Whoot and Whiskey Runs. First, I just received my 20th five star review on Amazon for my paranormal suspense novel A HUMAN ELEMENT! To celebrate I am giving away a free ebook of my book! To enter to win just comment below by May 1st! I will pick a winner through random.org.

Now on to Whiskey Runs. My grandpa was a whiskey bootlegger for seven years back during Prohibition. The business of bootleggin’.  A bootlegger is a person that sells illegal whiskey and a moonshiner is a person who makes the whiskey illegally.

Things got bad for folks all over premier-pharmacy.com/product/augmentin/ especially after the Depression hit. Running whiskey from Louisville, KY to Chicago, IL was the only way my grandpa could make money in tough times.

Back then the trip to Chicago took days. My grandpa did it in a Model T Truck over dirt and rough roads. A time before highways connected our country. He did it every week from Prohibition into the start of WWII.

He always had a jug of whiskey handy for the cops that would pull him over along the way. After some time, they got to expect his run and wait for it. My grandpa was their liquor supply.

Times weren’t all bad. He was able to get work for a bit bartending at a roadhouse ‘speakeasy’. And that’s where he met my grandma.

 

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Filed Under: A to Z Blog Challenge Tagged With: A to Z, bootleggin', prohibition, whiskey runs

Comments

  1. Catherine Stine says

    April 26, 2012 at 1:48 pm

    Congrats on the 20th review. The guys look like they had big fishing fun! Ever watch Boardwalk Empire? It’s all about the bootlegging biz. One of my fave shows. Plus, they built the boardwalk set out in Queens.

    • dgalanti says

      April 26, 2012 at 5:53 pm

      I havent seen that show but my husband secretly watches it and said it was good!

  2. Mina B. says

    April 26, 2012 at 3:28 pm

    Wahoooooooooooo! On the 20th review! *head bopp’n dance*

    And that is seriously an awesome story. WOW! You have to turn that into a story. HAVE TO!!!!!

    • dgalanti says

      April 26, 2012 at 5:53 pm

      Mina, you make me laugh – thanks for the woohoo! I can see the story now…knowing me I would add a murder in along the way

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