Tells an unauthorized history of southern stock car racing circuit known as NASCAR. The author offers a revealing look at the sport from its postwar beginnings on Daytona Beach and Piedmont dirt tracks through the early 1970s when the sport spread beyond its southern roots and g…
In this history of the stock car racing circuit known as NASCAR, Daniel Pierce offers a revealing new look at the sport from its postwar beginnings on Daytona Beach and Piedmont dirt tracks through the early 1970s when the sport spread beyond its southern roots and gained nation…
Introduction. White lightnin' -- Whiskey's 'golden era' in North Carolina -- From distiller to blockader to moonshiner -- Normalizing the moonshiner -- A 'dry' state -- Modern moonshine -- North Carolinians 'hard at work making that stuff that splits the heads of many' -- Chasin…
From the late nineteenth century well into the 1960s, North Carolina boasted some of the nation's most restrictive laws on alcohol production and sale. For much of this era, it was also the nation's leading producer of bootleg liquor. Over the years, written accounts, popular so…
"From the late nineteenth century well into the 1960s, North Carolina boasted some of the nation's most restrictive laws on alcohol production and sale. For much of this era, it was also the nation's leading producer of bootleg liquor. Over the years, written accounts, popular s…