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Liberty on the Rocks (Part 2): Initiation of a Lunenburg Rum Runner

Liberty on the Rocks (Part 2): Initiation of a Lunenburg Rum Runner

Update: 2024-04-01
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At age 15, Hugh Corkum becomes a rum runner to provide for his family after his father, a Lunenburg Nova Scotia sea captain, loses his job after crashing into an American sumbarine.


 


Part Two of the 'Liberty On The Rocks' trilogy about the Liberty, the fastest rum running ship of Atlantic Canada!


 


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Liberty on the Rocks (Part 2): Initiation of a Lunenburg Rum Runner

Liberty on the Rocks (Part 2): Initiation of a Lunenburg Rum Runner

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