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Backstory: The Gulf Stream Pirate

The story of Henry Ward is based on rumrunner and “Gulf Stream Pirate” Horace Alderman.
  On Aug. 7, 1927, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter spotted and stopped a ship and found bags of liquor. In seconds the Coast Guard skipper, a Secret Service agent and a machinist were dead, and another man was wounded. Under an obscure maritime law that called for hanging pirates at the first port reached after arrest, Alderman was hanged at the Fort Lauderdale Coast Guard base, now the Bahia Mar Yacht Club. The character of reporter Barry Renault is inspired by Miami Herald police reporter Henry Reno, who did try to sneak into the hanging, but was unsuccessful. Reno was the father of U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno.

Palm Beach Post, Aug. 15, 2007

Talks

March 1, 4 pm: Hypocrite’s Row Launch! Books and Books, Coral Gables
March 11, 5:30 pm: Talking Hypocrite’s Row and Prohibition in Fla at Historical Society of Palm Beach County
March 13, 2 pm: Talking Hypocrite’s Row and Prohibition in Fla at Historical Society of Martin County, Elliott Museum
March 14, 2 p.m.: Talking Hypocrite’s Row and Prohibition in Florida at Miami Pioneers and Natives of Dade.
March 17, 6 pm: Talking Hypocrite’s Row and Prohibition in Florida at Boca Raton Historical Society
March 18, 2pm: Talking Hypocrite’s Row and Prohibition in Florida at Palm Beach County Library, Hagen Road Branch
March 18, 6:30 p.m.: Talking Hypocrite’s Row and Prohibition in Florida at Mandel Public Library, West Palm Beach
March 26, 6 pm: Talking Hypocrite’s Row and Prohibition in Florida at Boca Raton Library
April 4, 1 pm: Talking Hypocrite’s Row and Prohibition in Florida at HistoryMiami.
April 15, 2 pm: Talking Hypocrite’s Row and Prohibition in Florida at Deerfield Beach Historical Society
May 12, 6 p.m: Talking Hypocrite’s Row and Prohibition in Florida at Delray Beach Historical Society
Sept. 27, 1 p.m: Talking Hypocrite’s Row and Prohibition in Florida at Hollywood Historical Society
Nov. 22: Look for me at the Miami Book Fair street fair!

Click to watch videos:
Cops vs. Writers (With Ramesh Nyberg)
Cuban Coffee:

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