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Junior Johnson: NASCAR Legend, Moonshine Runner, and the Fastest Man in the Hollows
How a teenage moonshine delivery driver from Wilkes County, North Carolina became a NASCAR champion, got a presidential pardon from Ronald Reagan, and launched his own legal moonshine brand. The most American career arc in history.
Bill McCoy: The Rum Runner Who Gave Us 'The Real McCoy'
The story of Captain Bill McCoy — the Florida boat builder turned Prohibition rum runner who anchored outside the 3-mile limit, never cut his booze, never bribed a cop, and probably gave us one of the most common phrases in the English language.
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794: When America Almost Went to War Over Bourbon Tax
The true story of the Whiskey Rebellion — when Alexander Hamilton slapped an excise tax on frontier whiskey, western Pennsylvania farmers tarred and feathered tax collectors, and George Washington marched 13,000 troops into the backcountry. More soldiers than he led at Yorktown. Over whiskey.
Maggie Bailey: The Queen of Appalachian Moonshine Who Outsmarted Every Revenue Agent
The incredible story of Maggie Bailey — the teetotaling moonshine queen of Harlan County, Kentucky, who started distilling at 17, outsmarted federal agents for 78 years, taught herself law in prison, put her kids through college with moonshine money, and died at 101 without ever drinking a drop.
Popcorn Sutton: The Last Real Moonshiner (And Why the Feds Couldn't Let Him Be)
The full story of Marvin 'Popcorn' Sutton — Appalachia's most famous moonshiner, his hand-typed autobiography, the cult documentary, the ATF raid that found 850 gallons of moonshine, and why he chose death over federal prison.
George Remus: The Bootlegger King Who Inspired The Great Gatsby (Seriously)
The true story of George Remus — the Cincinnati bourbon bootlegger who controlled 35% of America's bonded whiskey, threw legendary parties with diamond party favors, inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby, and murdered his wife in Eden Park.
Moonshine Nation: A Ridiculously Fun History of America's Favorite Illegal Spirit
The real history of moonshine — from Scots-Irish settlers who brought copper stills to Appalachia, through the Whiskey Rebellion and Prohibition, to the birth of NASCAR and today's $3.2 billion legal moonshine industry. Why it's illegal, how it's made, and why it still matters.
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