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MARITIME SMUGGLING ON LONG ISLAND: FROM PIRATES TO RUMRUNNERS 

MARITIME SMUGGLING ON LONG ISLAND: FROM PIRATES TO RUMRUNNERS 

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Bill Bleyer via Zoom

Listen to and view a PowerPoint lecture by historian, author, and former Newsday reporter Bill Bleyer to learn why pirates like Captain Kidd were attracted to Long Island at the turn of the 18th century, and how a visit by Kidd to Gardiners Island led to him dying on the gallows in London. Also learn why Long Island was so attractive to bootleggers during Prohibition that the Atlantic Ocean off the South Shore became known as Rum Row, being frequented by bootleggers like William “The Real McCoy” McCoy, who provided gangsters like Al Capone and Dutch Schultz with their “supplies.” You won’t want to miss this little-known history revealing some of the most outrageous things that happened in our own backyards! 

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About the lecturer(s)

Bill Bleyer

Bill Bleyer, a Hofstra University graduate, has taught economics and journalism there, as well as history at the naval architecture college, Webb Institute, in Glen Cove. He was also a prizewinning staff writer for Newsday for 33 years specializing in history and maritime issues before retiring in 2014 to write books and freelance for the newspaper and magazines. Bleyer is co-author, with Harrison Hunt, of Long Island and the Civil War (The History Press, 2015). He is the author of Sagamore Hill: Theodore Roosevelt’s Summer White House (The History Press, 2016); Fire Island Lighthouse: Long Island’s Welcoming Beacon (The History Press, 2017), and Long Island and the Sea: A Maritime History, (The History Press 2019); George Washington’s Long Island Spy Ring: A History and Tour Guide (The History Press, 2021), and The Sinking of the Steamboat Lexington on Long Island Sound (History Press, May 1, 2023).

Lecture Details

Program

Sessions

1 lecture(s)
Day & Time

Monday, 10:30-12 noon
Date(s)

Sep 23, 2024