Spirits of Just Men: Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital of the World
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011. Softcover. 8vo., 280 pp. Black and white photos. Map. Signed by the author. Tells the story of moonshine in 1930s America, as seen through Franklin County, Virginia, a place that many still refer to as the "moonshine capital of the world." Charles D. Thompson Jr. chronicles the Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of 1935, which made national news and exposed the far-reaching and pervasive tendrils of Appalachia's local moonshine economy. Fine in wraps. Item #908202403
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