From Rum Row to Hypocrite’s Row: A Conversation with Eliot Kleinberg
Schedule
Thu Apr 16 2026 at 01:00 pm to 02:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
HistoryMiami Museum | Miami, FL
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Step back into the daring days of the Roaring Twenties when Prohibition was the law—but in South Florida, it was often treated as little more than a suggestion.Join acclaimed journalist and historian Eliot Kleinberg for an engaging fireside chat at HistoryMiami Museum as he explores the colorful world of rumrunners, smugglers, and lawmen who shaped Miami during Prohibition.
Kleinberg will discuss his upcoming novel Hypocrite’s Row, the first installment in the Adventures of Nate Moran series. Set against the backdrop of 1920s South Florida, the story follows Miami police detective Nate Moran as he navigates a city where wealthy elites, gangsters, and tourists all sought forbidden liquor—and where the smugglers supplying it often became folk heroes.
Through storytelling and conversation, Kleinberg will share the real-life history behind the novel, including the rum-running networks that thrived just miles off Miami’s coast and the complex relationship between crime, law enforcement, and high society during Prohibition in the United States.
Guests will have the opportunity to purchase Hypocrite’s Row following the program.
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