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| Kentucky Moonshine | 
 enlarge | Author: David W. Maurer
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 538707
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 156
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0813190541
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.133
EAN: 9780813190549
ASIN: 0813190541
Publication Date: March 1, 2003
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kentucky moonshine is a useful historical work April 13, 2001
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I read this book in college for kicks and it opened my eyes about many things. Moonshiners were not just crusty old mountaineers who wanted to get drunk and have a good time. This book explains how the social and economic aspects of an agrarian sub-culture led to an era of Americana that has been immortalized by icons like the Hatfield/McCoy feud, Snuffy Smith, and characters from "The Andy Griffith Show". Maurer shows how a seemingly innocuous pasttime like making illicit liguor grew from an immigrant tradition to the sport of NASCAR. Anecdotes, pictures, illustrations, and testimony brings it all together. A good read for anyone intersted in a often misunderstood piece of American history.
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