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Kentucky Moonshine (The Kentucky bicentennial bookshelf) by David W. Maurer, with the assistance of Quinn Pearl is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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" When the first American tax on distilled spirits was established in 1791, violence broke out in Pennsylvania. The resulting Whiskey Rebellion sent hundreds of families down the Ohio River by flatboat, stills on board, to settle anew in the fertile bottomlands of Kentucky. Here they used cold limestone spring water to make bourbon and found that corn produced even better yields of whiskey than rye. Thus, the licit and illicit branches of the distilling industry grew up side by side in the state. This is the story of the illicit side — the moonshiners' craft and craftsmanship, as practiced in Kentucky. A glossary of moonshiner argot sheds light on such colorful terms as "puker," "slop," and "weed-monkey." David Maurer's tone is tongue-in-cheek, but he provides a realistic look at the Kentucky moonshiner and the moonshining industry.

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
David W. Maurer, with the assistance of Quinn Pearl
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Published
2003
Language
EN
ISBN
9780813190549
Category
history
Subjects
True Crime, Historical Fiction, Cooking
Rating
3.45 / 5 (16 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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