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"Known to history as "The Fighting Parson," Reverend J.O.L. Spracklin broke into a notorious Windsor roadhouse one chilly November night in 1920 and shot and killed barkeep Beverly "Babe" Trumble. He never served a day of time, easily being acquitted in his trial for self-defense. A provincial liquor license inspector already known for his brash tactics, Spracklin's unabashed carnage solidified across North America the Detroit-Windsor borderlands' reputation as the new Wild West--where whisky flowed freely, warrants were forged on the spot, and ministers toted guns to keep the peace. To the…mehr

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"Known to history as "The Fighting Parson," Reverend J.O.L. Spracklin broke into a notorious Windsor roadhouse one chilly November night in 1920 and shot and killed barkeep Beverly "Babe" Trumble. He never served a day of time, easily being acquitted in his trial for self-defense. A provincial liquor license inspector already known for his brash tactics, Spracklin's unabashed carnage solidified across North America the Detroit-Windsor borderlands' reputation as the new Wild West--where whisky flowed freely, warrants were forged on the spot, and ministers toted guns to keep the peace. To the rest of Ontario, a dry province, Spracklin had been the savior they had been waiting for, the answer to the lawlessness of the Border Cities--that is, until he shot a man at point blank range. In this exploration of the period, Ontario historian Patrick Brode unpacks this infamous piece of Prohibition lore and asks: Why did Babe Trumble die? What led to a hotheaded reverend taking the law into his own hands, killing a man, and getting away with it? Full of fire-and-brimstone preachers, crooked politicians, wily rum runners, grandstanding lawyers, and innocents caught in the cross-fire, Dying for a drink is a fascinating read that will engross anyone curious about deeper stories behind this fabled time"--
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Patrick Brode is a writer and lawyer who was born, raised, and currently practises law in Windsor, Ontario. His books have been short-listed for the City of Toronto Book Award, Ontario's Trillium Award, and the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award.