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Functions as a portrait of small-town America emerging from frontier status into the corruption and violence of the Jazz age. This 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 lasting impact on his community.

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"With its rich detail, fast narrative pace, and robust sources, The Bootlegger succeeds as a satisfying work of social history, a gripping true-crime tale, and a powerful examination of how relentless change altered one rural American town." --Cleveland Review of Books

The Bootlegger A STORY OF SMALLTOWN AMERICA

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    A Paperback / softback by John E. Hallwas

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/05/1999
      ISBN13: 9780252068447, 978-0252068447
      ISBN10: 0252068440

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      Book Synopsis
      Functions as a portrait of small-town America emerging from frontier status into the corruption and violence of the Jazz age. This 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 lasting impact on his community.

      Trade Review
      "With its rich detail, fast narrative pace, and robust sources, The Bootlegger succeeds as a satisfying work of social history, a gripping true-crime tale, and a powerful examination of how relentless change altered one rural American town." --Cleveland Review of Books

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