Listen: Big Shed/CDS Audio Documentary “The Great Moonshine Conspiracy”

In his 2011 book Spirits of Just Men: Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital of the World (University of Illinois Press), Charlie Thompson chronicles Virginia’s Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of 1935, which made national news and exposed the far-reaching and pervasive tendrils of Appalachia’s local moonshine economy. The folks at the audio and [...]

Jul 30, 2012 | Categories:Audio & Radio Pieces, CDS Recommends, Radio Projects | Tags: "Spirits of Just Men" Book, "The Story" Radio Show, Big Shed, Charles Thompson, Continuing Education Course, Courtesy Blue Ridge Institute, Dick Gordon, Digging In: Audio Retreat with Big Shed, Faculty and Staff News, Jennifer Deer, Jesse Dukes, Museum of Ferrum College, Radio Projects, Shea Shackelford, The Great Moonshine Conspiracy, The Story, WUNC | Leave A Comment »