Author : Carolyn Reeder
Publisher : HarperTrophy
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,72 MB
Release : 1995-02
Category : Blue Ridge Mountains
ISBN : 9780380722518
As he works with his father making moonshine in the remote hills of Virginia during Prohibition, twelve-year-old Tom learns about hard work and honesty.
Author : Carolyn Reeder
Publisher : Aladdin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,18 MB
Release : 2003-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780689855504
Twelve-year-old Tom Higgins is learning the craft of making whiskey. Even though Prohibition forbids the production and sale of alcoholic beverages, Tom is determined to be a good apprentice. He is, after all, a moonshiner's son. His father has raised moonshining to an art, and Tom wants nothing more than to please this rough, distant man. Then a preacher comes to the wilds of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains to rid Bad Camp Hollow of the "evils of liquor." This is when Tom and his father begin their campaign to match wits with the preacher and try to outsmart the law officers he calls in. Tom's father is eloquent in defense of a way of life long and respectfully lived by the Higgins family. But the preacher and his pretty daughter make a powerful case against it. And when drink causes a tragedy in the community, Tom Higgins is torn....
Author : Will Allen Dromgoole
Publisher :
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 37,23 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Apprentices
ISBN :
Author : Carolyn Reeder
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 39,97 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780606078870
As he works with his father making moonshine in the remote hills of Virginia during Prohibition, twelve-year-old Tom learns about hard work and honesty.
Author : James A. Smith
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 24,44 MB
Release : 2009-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1438991789
The author's father was a major bootlegger in Southeastern North Carolina. He was known far and wide for his ability to make the best moonshine in the area. This bootlegger frequently imposed cruel and even inhumane treatment on his son, especially those involving illegal liquor. James often sustained unusual cruelty and savage beatings for not getting an assigned task perfectly correct. He learned early on to keep his distance from his father and his violent temper, especially when his father was drinking. In those days, there was no intervention by Social Services or law enforcement to prevent the cruelty. Life as a Bootlegger's Son reveals murder and adultery that existed in the family. It also addresses personal survival when confronted with abject poverty and the challenges of growing up largely without parental supervision. The book also has humorous moments that the reader is sure to enjoy. Be sure to read the squirrel story!
Author : Bruce E. Stewart
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 35,65 MB
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 081313000X
Homemade liquor has played a prominent role in the Appalachian economy for nearly two centuries. The region endured profound transformations during the extreme prohibition movements of the nineteenth century, when the manufacturing and sale of alcohol -- an integral part of daily life for many Appalachians -- was banned. In Moonshiners and Prohibitionists: The Battle over Alcohol in Southern Appalachia, Bruce E. Stewart chronicles the social tensions that accompanied the region's early transition from a rural to an urban-industrial economy. Stewart analyzes the dynamic relationship of the bootleggers and opponents of liquor sales in western North Carolina, as well as conflict driven by social and economic development that manifested in political discord. Stewart also explores the life of the moonshiner and the many myths that developed around hillbilly stereotypes. A welcome addition to the New Directions in Southern History series, Moonshiners and Prohibitionists addresses major economic, social, and cultural questions that are essential to the understanding of Appalachian history.
Author : Will Allen Dromgoole
Publisher :
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 27,54 MB
Release : 2008-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781436655095
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Author : Will Allen Dromgoole
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,59 MB
Release : 2016-05-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781356416295
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Author : Will Allen 1860-1934 Dromgoole
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 29,78 MB
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781371583491
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Mary Judith Messer
Publisher : Doing Well Now Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,88 MB
Release : 2010-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780578054209
Moonshiner's Daughter is the early life story of a young girl raised in the some of the most remote, backwoods parts of Haywood County, North Carolina, deep in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains. Her father, an ardent moonshiner when he wasn't in prison, and her mother, often showing mental illness from an earlier brain injury, raised their four children in some of the grimmest circumstances that you will ever read about. Mary Judith Messer eventually escaped her extreme living conditions by going to live with a family as their mother's helper near Washington, DC. She then moved to New York City to live with her older sister who had run away from a forced marriage. The memoir Moonshiner's Daughter is told through the eyes and words of a barely educated child and teenager yet their meaning and descriptions are clear as a mountain stream. She changed the names of most people and places to protect her still living family members. Authors Robert Morgan & Ron Rash give recommendations.
