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Rick James

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Free with museum admission

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Literary/Books, Museums

Join maritime historian Rick James to find out what really went down along the West Coast during prohibition. He has recently released a book on the subject titled Don’t Never Tell Nobody Nothin’ No How: The Real Story of West Coast Rum Running and will give an illustrated lecture at the Vancouver Maritime Museum on Sunday, November 4 from 2:30pm–4pm. Don’t Never Tell is a lively volume in which James separates fact from fiction, taking an authoritative look into BC’s rum-running past. Contrary to popular perception, rum-running along the Pacific was usually carried out in a relatively civilized manner, with an oh-so-Canadian politeness on the British Columbian side. But there were indeed shootouts, hijackings and even a particularly gruesome murder associated with the business.

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