Moonshine in the Hills of North Georgia
Author : D. Arnold Buffington
Publisher :
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 30,39 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Alcoholic beverages
ISBN : 9780971374027
Author : D. Arnold Buffington
Publisher :
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 30,39 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Alcoholic beverages
ISBN : 9780971374027
Author : Judith Garrison
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 21,56 MB
Release : 2015-07-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1625852967
In the early 1900s, moonshine was a way of life, and nearly every resident lived it. Out of the woods of North Georgia and Habersham County came Virgil Lovell, his boys, their recipe and their legacy. The family went from illegal to legal, and their product stands today as a testament to the determination of the region to hold on to its roots. Joining their story were hundreds just like them--liquor makers like Glenn Johnson--all professing theirs was the best. Through firsthand accounts from the Lovells and extensive research, author Judith Garrison revives the story of liquor making and a Georgia legacy.
Author : William A. Thomas
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,45 MB
Release : 2024-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781963506112
CAN'T DO WHAT YOU DIDN'T. CAN'T UNDO WHAT YOU DID. 1887: JAMES GODARD, A CANTANKEROUS OLD MAN, had fled from his past to live far up in the mountains of Towns County, Georgia. Tilmon Justice was a young man working hard to provide for his growing family in the insular Appalachian world, but he had the odds stacked against him. What these two men had in common was a land boundary-and a history with moonshine. Their feud comes to a violent and inevitable conclusion, tearing apart families in a small community. This story has been documented in newspaper articles and in the handwritten court transcript from the murder trial-now retold for us here through the imagination of one of the character's descendants. Dr. William Akins Thomas, Jr., is the great-great-great grandson of James Bennett Godard. His genealogical research, vivid imagination, and engaging writing have brought to life another tale from the pages of his own family history.
Author : Jaime Joyce
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 21,44 MB
Release : 2014-06-15
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1627882073
Nothing but clear, 100-proof American history. Hooch. White lightning. White whiskey. Mountain dew. Moonshine goes by many names. So what is it, really? Technically speaking, “moonshine” refers to untaxed liquor made in an unlicensed still. In the United States, it’s typically corn that’s used to make the clear, unaged beverage, and it’s the mountain people of the American South who are most closely associated with the image of making and selling backwoods booze at night—by the light of the moon—to avoid detection by law enforcement. In Moonshine: A Cultural History of America’s Infamous Liquor, writer Jaime Joyce explores America’s centuries-old relationship with moonshine through fact, folklore, and fiction. From the country’s early adoption of Scottish and Irish home distilling techniques and traditions to the Whiskey Rebellion of the late 1700s to a comparison of the moonshine industry pre- and post-Prohibition, plus a look at modern-day craft distilling, Joyce examines the historical context that gave rise to moonshining in America and explores its continued appeal. But even more fascinating is Joyce’s entertaining and eye-opening analysis of moonshine’s widespread effect on U.S. pop culture: she illuminates the fact that moonshine runners were NASCAR’s first marquee drivers; explores the status of white whiskey as the unspoken star of countless Hollywood film and television productions, including The Dukes of Hazzard, Thunder Road, and Gator; and the numerous songs inspired by making ’shine from such folk and country artists as Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Alan Jackson, and Dolly Parton. So while we can’t condone making your own illegal liquor, reading Moonshine will give you a new perspective on the profound implications that underground moonshine-making has had on life in America.
Author : Frank Stephenson Jr.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 34,40 MB
Release : 2017-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1625855923
North Carolina holds a special place in the history of moonshine. For more than three centuries, the illicit home-brew was a way of life. NASCAR emerged from the illegal moonshine tradeas drivers such as Junior Johnson, accustomed to running from the law, moved to the racetrack. A host of colorful characters populated the state's bootlegging arena, like Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton, known as the Paul Bunyan of moonshine, and Alvin Sawyer, considered the moonshine king of the Great Dismal Swamp. Some law enforcement played a constant cat-and-mouse game to shut down illegal stills, while some just looked the other way. Authors Frank Stephenson and Barbara Mulder reveal the gritty history of moonshine in the Tar Heel State.
Author : Joseph Earl Dabney
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,90 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : Licensed Beverage Industries
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 15,87 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Distilling, Illicit
ISBN :
Author : Chris Skates
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,26 MB
Release : 2023
Category : Alcohol trafficking
ISBN :
"Western Georgia, 1946. C.E. "Kid" Miller knows well the evil found in a jug. Disgusted by the husbands he's pulled out of the woods blind drunk and covered in vomit, the wail of their starving children haunts the revenue agent's dreams. But his attempts to recruit an insider to snitch on a major bootlegging operation put him on the wrong end of a gun barrel. With his own life on the line and the gangs growing bolder and more violent, he worries his work demolishing stills will only make his beloved wife a distraught widow. And as the courageous lawman hunts down his now-missing informant, he fears he's hurtling toward an inevitable showdown with the state's most notorious crime boss. Facing betrayal at every turn and a million places to hide a body, can he free the land of soul-destroying corruption before he's thrown in a shallow grave? Based on a true-life account, author Chris Skates takes readers into a world vastly different from the good ol' boy exploits depicted on popular TV. Drawing on his grandfather's years of tireless and perilous operations, prison interviews, and historical documents, Skates escorts the reader to a time in America full of heartbreak and breathtaking bravery."--Amazon.com.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 47,32 MB
Release : 1940-01-01
Category :
ISBN :
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Author : Olin Jackson
Publisher : Legacy Communications
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 12,91 MB
Release : 2003-04-01
Category : Alcoholic beverages
ISBN : 9781880816158
Accounts of bizarre, grisly and breath-taking incidents which have occurred in Georgia over the past 200 years. All of the accounts are true and factual. Information collected by reliable researchers from historic newspaper articles, court records, legal documents, personal interviews and first-person accounts. Includes over 400 amazing period photographs. Includes full-name and subject indexes for reference purposes.