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Moonshine, murder & mountaineers : the wildest county in America Cover Image Book

Moonshine, murder & mountaineers : the wildest county in America / Allen Cook.

Moonshine, murder and mountaineers (other title)
Cook, Allen (Thomas Allen), Jr., (author.).

Summary:

"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, lynch mobs, gunfights, and the sale of blockade whiskey made Mitchell County, North Carolina the most dangerous place in the country."-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780990865704
  • ISBN: 0990865703
  • Physical Description: vi, 211 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: North Carolina : Chestnut Ridge Publishing, [2014]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and index.

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Subject:
Mitchell County (N.C.) > History > 19th century.
Murder > North Carolina > Mitchell County > History > 19th century.
Lynching > North Carolina > Mitchell County > History > 19th century.
Distilling, Illicit > North Carolina > Mitchell County.

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Old Fort Branch Library 975.6865 COO (Text) 37810435428742 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 08/19/2026

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