This mythology of Appalachian mountaineers as feudists and moonshiners was fostered through local color literature and fiction about the region. |
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They relish telling stories about moonshiners, smugglers, and contraband runners who successfully fool and evade federal agents. |
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The road ends at Upper Killeyan, but it is worth walking the last mile to the coast, once the favourite haunt of smugglers and moonshiners. |
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Today's moonshiners are big time criminals who use night-vision goggles, radio scanners and walkie-talkies and illegal immigrant workers to stay ahead. |
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He is currently working on a script adaptation of The Wettest County in the World, Matt Bondurant's book about a gang of moonshiners in West Virginia. |
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Mount Vernon native Matt Bondurant received critical acclaim for his historic novel The Wettest County in the World about moonshiners in Franklin County during prohibition. |
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Moonshiners modified their cars, the better to outrun police on the south-east's narrow, winding roads. |
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