Description:There was a time in the Blue Ridge Mountains when scores had to be settled, when fear was replaced with resolve, and death was imminent. Around the turn of the 19th century, mob lynching, gunfights, and the sale of blockade whiskey made Mitchell County, North Carolina the most dangerous place in the country. In his new book, Moonshine, Murder & Mountaineers: The Wildest County in America, local author Allen Cook takes the reader back to a time when "hip pockets were used for pistols and the inhabitants knew how to use them." Allen Cook is a local author native to the wildest county. Growing up along the ridges and hollows near Roan Mountain, North Carolina, Allen listened to old mountaineers tell exciting stories about moonshine and murder. In 1998, Allen authored his first book, In the Shadow of the Roan: Stories from Days Long Past, which was intended to retell and verify local old timer's tales. Since then, Allen has written articles for outdoor and trade magazines. His current book, Moonshine, Murder & Mountaineers: The Wildest County in America, is meant to properly document a dynamic time in the American history of western North Carolina while also providing an entertaining read.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Moonshine, Murder & Mountaineers: the Wildest County in America. To get started finding Moonshine, Murder & Mountaineers: the Wildest County in America, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
223
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Allen Cook
Release
2014
ISBN
0990865703
Moonshine, Murder & Mountaineers: the Wildest County in America
Description: There was a time in the Blue Ridge Mountains when scores had to be settled, when fear was replaced with resolve, and death was imminent. Around the turn of the 19th century, mob lynching, gunfights, and the sale of blockade whiskey made Mitchell County, North Carolina the most dangerous place in the country. In his new book, Moonshine, Murder & Mountaineers: The Wildest County in America, local author Allen Cook takes the reader back to a time when "hip pockets were used for pistols and the inhabitants knew how to use them." Allen Cook is a local author native to the wildest county. Growing up along the ridges and hollows near Roan Mountain, North Carolina, Allen listened to old mountaineers tell exciting stories about moonshine and murder. In 1998, Allen authored his first book, In the Shadow of the Roan: Stories from Days Long Past, which was intended to retell and verify local old timer's tales. Since then, Allen has written articles for outdoor and trade magazines. His current book, Moonshine, Murder & Mountaineers: The Wildest County in America, is meant to properly document a dynamic time in the American history of western North Carolina while also providing an entertaining read.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Moonshine, Murder & Mountaineers: the Wildest County in America. To get started finding Moonshine, Murder & Mountaineers: the Wildest County in America, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.