The Bootlegger A Story of Small-Town America |
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| Author:
| Hallwas, John E. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-06844-7 |
| Publication Date: | May 1999 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $26.00 |
Book Description:
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This extraordinary account of a struggling midwestern coal town profiles small-time bootlegger Kelly Wagle, whose mysterious career--and suspected involvement with two unsolved murder cases--had a profound and lasting impact on his community. In unraveling the process by which Colchester, Illinois, lost its grip on the American promise, John ......
This extraordinary account of a struggling midwestern coal town profiles small-time bootlegger Kelly Wagle, whose mysterious career--and suspected involvement with two unsolved murder cases--had a profound and lasting impact on his community. In unraveling the process by which Colchester, Illinois, lost its grip on the American promise, John ......