King of the Moonshiners
Download or Read eBook King of the Moonshiners PDF written by Bruce E. Stewart and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Bruce E. Stewart |
| Publisher | : Univ. of Tennessee Press |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781572336407 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1572336404 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis King of the Moonshiners by : Bruce E. Stewart
Book excerpt: "Lewis R. Redmond was an archetypal moonshiner. On March 1, 1876, the twenty-one-year-old North Carolinian shot and killed a U.S. deputy marshal who tried to arrest him on charges of illicit distilling. He then fled to Pickens County, South Carolina, where, within three years, he gained national notoriety as the "King of the Moonshiners." More than any other individual moonshiner in southern Appalachia, Redmond captured the imagination of middle-class Americans. Then, as now, media coverage had a lot to do with his reputation.".
