The Bahama Queen: The Autobiography of Gertrude "Cleo" Lythgoe: Prohibition's Daring Beauty: Including With the Whiskey Smugglers by H. De Winton Wigley

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Title: The Bahama Queen: The Autobiography of Gertrude "Cleo" Lythgoe: Prohibition's Daring Beauty: Including With the Whiskey Smugglers by H. De Winton Wigley
Authors: Gertrude "Cleo" Lythgoe and H. De Winton Wigley
Year: 1964/2007 (Lythgoe), 1923/2007 (Wigley)
Publisher: Flat Hammock Press
Country: The Bahamas
240 pages

A fascinating look at liquor-related commerce during Prohibition, told by a female entrepreneur who ran alcohol from the Bahamas to the US. Though the style is clumsy and simply moves from event to event, the story is fascinating. Perhaps equally interesting is the portrait of the Bahamas and the U.S. at this time. This volume includes many photos and Wigley's long article or pamphlet about Lythgoe and others, smugglers and legal transporters to the nautical border alike.