Behind Bars: True Crime Stories of Whiskey Heists, Beer Bandits, and Fake Million-Dollar Wines

by Mike Gerrard

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Behind Bars is filled with stories both ancient and urgent of what happens when alcohol meets crime, from illicit stills in the Scottish Highlands to moonshine in the USA, rum smuggled by Caribbean pirates, the roaring times of Prohibition, to current-day gangs selling millions of dollars’ worth of fake Bordeaux and the often-unsolved cases of people walking into a liquor store, stealing whiskey bottles worth tens of thousands of dollars, and walking out, never to be seen again.

Award-winning travel and drinks writer Mike Gerrard takes readers on a centuries-long journey highlighting the most bizarre – and expensive –...

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  • ISBN10 1493084410
  • ISBN13 9781493084418
  • Publish Date 8 October 2024
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
  • Imprint Globe Pequot Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 188
  • Language English