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1. What was Biloxi like 100 years ago?

Biloxi was a bustling resort and fishing community on the Gulf Coast 100 years ago. There were 12,000 residents. Some of them worked in shipbuilding, hotels, or restaurants, but most of them earned their living from the ocean and its seafood. The workers were immigrants from Eastern Europe, most from Croatia.

2. How did Prohibition affect Biloxi?

Although Prohibition was the law, Biloxi was never dry. When Prohibition swept the country, Biloxi barely noticed. Its bars, dives, honky-tonks, neighborhood pubs, and upscale clubs remained open and thrived. Biloxi became a popular place for Southerners looking for a place to drink and enjoy the beaches, seafood, temperate climate, and excellent hotels. The area became known as "the poor man's Riviera" (4).

3. Who was Aaron Malco?

Aaron Malco was Lance's father. He came from Croatia in 1912 when he was 16 and barely spoke English. His name in Croatia was Oron Malokovic, but customs officials changed it to Aaron Malco. He began shucking oysters and then found a better job building schooners. When he was 20, he married. He could barely walk after falling from a scaffold and crushing the vertebrae in his back. He began working for a distant cousin in his grocery store. He improved the store and persuaded his boss to open a bar. When his boss died suddenly of a heart attack, Aaron convinced the widow to sell him the bar and grocery store. Lance was born in 1922, and a daughter and another son followed.

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