Bootleggers and Baptists - Book Review and Discussion CANCELLED

BOOTLEGGERS AND BAPTISTS - BOOK REVIEW AND DISCUSSION
In-Person Event

Location: Thrift 002 (Classroom in Library Basement)
Tuesdays, 10/12, and 10/19
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
$20.00 per person

Discussions led by Ms. Kathryn Smith

Prohibition, the period when a constitutional amendment banned the production, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in America, is sometimes seen as a colorful time of flappers and bootleggers. But the dark side of this period, 1920 -1933, was very dark indeed. Using her book "Baptists and Bootleggers: A Prohibition Expedition Through the South...with Cocktail Recipes," Kathryn Smith will take the class through the events leading to Prohibition, the Prohibition period itself, and the aftermath, as seen through the prism of the South. Subjects to be covered include moonshining in the Dark Corner of S.C., the birth of stock car racing in the Georgia mountains, rum-running on the Florida coast, and the many places master gangster Al Capone was said to have laid his head in the South, from his mansion in Miami Beach to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta. 

Copies of Ms. Smith's book will be available for purchase for $30. Please let Jane know you would like one reserved for you, and we will reach out to Ms. Smith on your behalf.

Course Facilitator Biography

Kathryn Smith writes about history from her home in Anderson, South Carolina, often bringing her husband, Leo, along with on journeys to investigate historical sites and, in the case of her newest book, bars, and distilleries. Baptists and Bootleggers: A Prohibition Expedition through the South…with Cocktail Recipes will be released this fall by Evening Post Books. Kathryn’s previous books include Gertie: The Fabulous Life of Gertrude Sanford Legendre, Heiress, Explorer, Socialite Spy, which won the Benjamin Franklin Gold Award in biography from the Independent Book Publishers Association; and The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR, and the Partnership that Defined a Presidency, which was a finalist for the Southern Book Award in biography. She also co-authors the Missy LeHand Mystery Series with Kelly Durham, featuring LeHand as an amateur detective and a celebrity from the Golden Age of Hollywood in each book. Kathryn blogs about historic cocktails and other subjects at bootleggers.substack.com