The Meanest Moonshiner in Tennessee Part 2
In part one, we met Garrett Hedden and his brothers, Bill, Joe, and Riley. All of them were moonshiners who […]
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The Meanest Moonshiner in Tennessee
In 1900, Garrett Hedden was the most feared man in mountainous Polk County, Tennessee, a rural district in the southeast
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Moonshine: A Life in Pursuit of White Liquor by Alec Wilkinson
Tar Heel revenue agent bamboozles bootleggers and talks his way into the movies. This book is more or less a
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Moonshiner’s December 1921 Cades Cove Crime Spree
On December 9, 1921, John W. Oliver, a farmer, mail carrier, and Primitive Baptist preacher in Cades Cove, Tennessee, had
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How Lewis Redmond Became the Moonshine King of the Carolinas
An unknown NC moonshiner became the subject of books, manhunts, and buckshot battles. “Major” Lewis Redmond had many titles: moonshiner,