Spirits of just men : mountaineers, liquor bosses, and lawmen in the moonshine capital of the world
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Spirits of just men : mountaineers, liquor bosses, and lawmen in the moonshine capital of the world
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- Spirits of just men : mountaineers, liquor bosses, and lawmen in the moonshine capital of the world
- Title remainder
- mountaineers, liquor bosses, and lawmen in the moonshine capital of the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Charles D. Thompson Jr
- Subject
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- Distilling, Illicit
- Distilling, Illicit -- Virginia | Franklin County -- History
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Franklin County (Va.) -- History -- 20th century
- Franklin County (Va.) -- Religious life and customs
- Franklin County (Va.) -- Social life and customs
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- History
- Lee, Charles Carter, -1958
- Lee, Charles Carter, -1958 -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Mountain life
- Mountain life -- Virginia | Franklin County
- Mountain people
- Mountain people -- Virginia | Franklin County
- Trial and arbitral proceedings
- Trial and arbitral proceedings
- Trials, litigation, etc
- Virginia -- Franklin County
- Manners and customs
- 1900 - 1999
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "Spirits of Just Men tells the story of moonshine in 1930s America, as seen through the remarkable location of 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. Thompson, whose ancestors were involved in the area's moonshine trade and trial as well as local law enforcement, uses the event as a stepping-off point to explore Blue Ridge Mountain culture, economy, and political engagement in the 1930s. Drawing from extensive oral histories and local archival material, he illustrates how the moonshine trade was a rational and savvy choice for struggling farmers and community members during the Great Depression. Local characters come alive through this richly colorful narrative, including the stories of Miss Ora Harrison, a key witness for the defense and an Episcopalian missionary to the region, and Elder Goode Hash, an itinerant Primitive Baptist preacher and juror in a related murder trial. Considering the complex interactions of religion, economics, local history, Appalachian culture, and immigration, Thompson's sensitive analysis examines the people and processes involved in turning a basic agricultural commodity into such a sought-after and essentially American spirit"--
- "Following the end of Prohibition in 1933, demand for moonshine remained high due to taxes imposed on large liquor producers. Seeking to answer this demand were the distillers of Appalachia who, having established illegal networks of moonshine distribution under Prohibition, continued their activities and effectively skirted the federal liquor tax scheme. Spirits of Just Men chronicles the Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of 1935, held in Franklin County, Virginia, a place that many still refer to as the "Moonshine Capital of the World." While the trial itself made national news, Thompson uses the event as a stepping-off point to explore Blue Ridge Mountain culture, economy, and political engagement in the 1930 illustrating how participation in the moonshine trade was a rational and savvy choice for farmers and community members struggling to maintain their way of life amidst the pressures of the Great Depression and pull of the timber and coal-mining industries in Virginia. Through Thompson's prose, local characters come alive as he pays particular attention to the stories of a key witness for the defense, Miss Ora Harrison, an Episcopalian missionary to the region, and Elder Goode Hash, itinerant Primitive Baptist preacher and juror in a related murder trial. Thompson explores how local religious belief both clashed with and condoned the moonshine trade and how stills and the trade enabled a distinctive cultural formation in the region that goes far beyond the hillbilly stereotype alive today. Not only is his work based on extensive oral histories and local archival material, but Thompson himself is from the area and his grandparents were involved in not only the moonshine trade but the trial as well"--
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- DLC
- Dewey number
- 975.5/68
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- F232.F7
- Literary form
- non fiction
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