Today, we sit down with historian and author Amy Folk to explore one of the most colorful and covert chapters in Long Island’s past: the era of rumrunning. In her book Rumrunning in Suffolk County: Tales from Liquor Island, Amy uncovers how geography, opportunity, and ingenuity turned the North Fork into a key hub of Prohibition-era smuggling.From daring midnight landings and hidden coves to the cat-and-mouse games between bootleggers and law enforcement, her research brings to life the people and places that defined a turbulent time. In our conversation, Amy shares surprising stories, and helps us understand how this illicit trade left a lasting imprint on Suffolk County’s culture and identity.

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