Description:
Excitement, camaraderie, drama on the high seas, love affairs, big payoffs, and fast cars -- these were the returns for a life of smuggling in Atlantic Canada during Prohibition for those who dared. Oceans of Rum recalls the glory days of rum running on Nova Scotia's South Shore based on first-hand accounts.
Brief description: David Mossman, a seventh-generation Canadian, was born in Rose Bay, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. As a geologist, he has consulted widely and taught geoscience most recently at Mount Alison University, New Brunswick, where he is research professor emeritus. In addition to numerous scientific papers, he has written biographies of noted geologists and articles on topics ranging from Nova Scotia gold, tidal phenomena, carbonaceous meteorites, and the trackways of extinct animals. His most recent book was Going Over: A Nova Scotian Soldier in World War I.