Research Catalog

Title

Corn from a jar : moonshining in the Great Smoky mountains / by Daniel S Pierce.

Author

Pierce, Daniel S.

Publication

• Gatlinburg, TN : Great Smoky Mountains Association, [2013]
• ©2013

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Holdings

Details

Description

112 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"In the Great Smoky Mountains, moonshine making was a world unto itself. On the one hand, moonshining was about dynamite-totting lookouts, fast cars, snitching, quick cash, hidden stills, "revenuers," and deadly gunplay. On the other, it was a story of earnest farm families living in remote mountain valleys and practicing their traditional craft of moonshining so they could buy shoes for their children. Yet perhaps the most fascinating aspect of this book is the sudden resurgence of making moonshine in the Southern mountains today. Join author and noted historian Dr. Daniel S. Pierce to learn about the traditions, foibles, and dangers of mountain "blockading" from the early 19th century to tomorrow." -- Provided by publisher.

Alternative Title

Moonshining in the Great Smoky mountains

Subject

• Distilling, Illicit > North Carolina > History
• Distilling, Illicit > Tennessee > History
• Liquor industry > Taxation > North Carolina
• Liquor industry > Taxation > Tennessee
• Outlaws > North Carolina > Biography
• Outlaws > Tennessee > Biography
• Distilling, Illicit
• Liquor industry > Taxation
• Outlaws
• North Carolina
• Tennessee

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• History.

Note

• Cover title.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Turning corn into cash -- The tax man cometh -- Temperance and lack thereof -- Prohibition and other incentives -- Moonshiner vs. revenuer : high stakes cat-and-mouse -- Moonshine for the masses.

ISBN

• 9780937207741
• 0937207748
• 9780937207758
• 0937207756

OCLC

• 857301425
• ocn857301425

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library