Mississippi Moonshine Politics

How Bootleggers & the Law Kept a Dry State Soaked

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Law Enforcement, Government, Local Government, True Crime
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Author: Janice Branch Tracy ISBN: 9781625852885
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: March 16, 2015
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Janice Branch Tracy
ISBN: 9781625852885
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: March 16, 2015
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

For most states, the repeal of prohibition meant a return to a state of legally drunken normalcy, but not so in Mississippi. The Magnolia State went dry over a decade before the nation, leaving bootleggers to establish political and financial holds they were unwilling to lose. For nearly sixty years, bootlegging flourished, and Mississippi became known as the "wettest dry state in the country." Law enforcement tried in vain to control crime that followed each empty bottle. Until statewide prohibition was finally repealed in 1966, illegal booze fueled a corrupt political machine that intimidated journalists who dared to speak against it and fixed juries that threatened its interests. Author and native Mississippian Janice Branch Tracy delivers an intimate look at the story of Mississippi's moonshine empire.

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For most states, the repeal of prohibition meant a return to a state of legally drunken normalcy, but not so in Mississippi. The Magnolia State went dry over a decade before the nation, leaving bootleggers to establish political and financial holds they were unwilling to lose. For nearly sixty years, bootlegging flourished, and Mississippi became known as the "wettest dry state in the country." Law enforcement tried in vain to control crime that followed each empty bottle. Until statewide prohibition was finally repealed in 1966, illegal booze fueled a corrupt political machine that intimidated journalists who dared to speak against it and fixed juries that threatened its interests. Author and native Mississippian Janice Branch Tracy delivers an intimate look at the story of Mississippi's moonshine empire.

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