I couldn’t tell you why exactly, but I’m a bit of a history junkie with things surrounding the Great American Experiment that’s more commonly known as Prohibition. It’s always been an era that’s fascinated me for a variety of reasons, none of which relate specifically to my background or my upbr...
Gripping. This book is a wonderful look into the rural United States during the Prohibition Era. It picks you up out of your seat and places you in Franklin County, bumping up and down on those winding dirt roads. I couldn't help but appreciate the grit of the Bondurant brothers, and their "leave...
I really did not like this book and it took me forever to read it. There was far more about goat farming and cold water swimming than I cared to know about. I enjoy swimming but this was just boring. I did not like or was indifferent about the characters. I stuck it out till the end partly becaus...
Walking uptown on Main Street in Rocky Mount, the stools at the drugstore, the lunch counters, the dry-goods store, all empty.Be chewin’ on shoe leather before it’s out, an old-timer said standing by the statue of a Confederate soldier in front of the city hall, chewing on his pipe, just like we ...
