As the enterprising representative of two London distillers, Gertrude "Cleo" Lythgoe was the only woman to hold a wholesale liquor license in Nassau, Bahamas, during Prohibition. Although she never broke the law, she used her beauty, charm and business acumen to send shipload after shipload of the finest whiskey to thirsty America. Among her more notable exploits described
As the enterprising representative of two London distillers, Gertrude "Cleo" Lythgoe was the only woman to hold a wholesale liquor license in Nassau, Bahamas, during Prohibition. Although she never broke the law, she used her beauty, charm and business acumen to send shipload after shipload of the finest whiskey to thirsty America. Among her more notable exploits described in the book was the trip she made to deliver a load of rye whiskey to Rum Row in 1923 with Captain Bill McCoy.
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Hardcover
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240 pages
Published
December 30th 2006
by Flat Hammock Press
Great book. I read it while i was living in the Bahamas. Bimini to be exact. So it was cool to read about her adventures over there. I wish there were more cool, fun, historical books like this. Any recos?
I wanted my grandmother to read this book, but I can't find it in stores anywhere!!!! How can we market this book to get it to more stores??