Modern Moonshine

Bruce E. Stewart is an associate professor of history at Appalachian State University. He is the author or editor of several books, including Moonshiners and Prohibitionists: The Battle over Alcohol in Southern Appalachia. Cameron D. Lippard is a professor of sociology at Appalachian State University. He is the author or editor of several books, including Building Inequality: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in the Atlanta Construction Industry and Untapped: Exploring the Cultural Dimensions of Craft Beer (West Virginia University Press).

List of Illustrations Introduction: The Revival of Moonshine in Southern Appalachia and the United States, Bruce E. Stewart and Cameron D. Lippard Part I: Socially Constructing the Origins of the Modern Moonshine Revival 1. Fire Up the Stills: A Brief History of Moonshining in Southern Appalachia before the Twenty-First Century, Bruce E. Stewart 2. Jim Tom Hedrick, Popcorn Sutton, and the Rise of the Postmodern Moonshiner, Daniel S. Pierce 3. Moonshiners and the Media: The Twenty-First-Century Trickster, Emily D. Edwards 4. Making Criminals, Making Ends Meet: Constructing Criminality in Franklin County, Virginia, Robert T. Perdue Part II: The Legalization and Marketing of Modern Moonshine 5. The Rise of "Legal" Moonshine: Breaking Down the Legal Barriers to Craft Distilling in the United States, Kenneth J. Sanchagrin 6. From the Appalachian Mountains to the Puget Sound and Beyond: Distilling Authenticity in Modern Moonshine, Kaitland M. Byrd, J. Slade Lellock, and Nathaniel G. Chapman 7. Entrepreneurial Family Values and the Modern Moonshiner: Appalachian Craft Distilling beyond Its Neoliberal Frame, Jason Ezell 8. The "Uncatchables": A Case Study of Call Family Distillers in Wilkes County, North Carolina, Cameron D. Lippard Part III: Historic Preservation and Tourism in the Name of Moonshine 9. Distilling Commercial Moonshine in East Tennessee: Mashing a New Type of Tourism, Helen M. Rosko 10. Heritage Spirits in Heritage Spaces, Kristen Baldwin Deathridge 11. Automotive Heritage and the Legacy of High-Octane Moonshiners: A Unique Cultural Intersection of Alcohol and Motor Vehicles, Barry L. Stiefel Contributor Biographies

"I like this book very much. The editors have brought together a wide range of scholarly voices, and their essays, taken together, give an excellent overview of the state of modern moonshine." Michael Lewis, author of The Coming of Southern Prohibition