The Bootlegger: A Story of Small-Town America

Name: The Bootlegger: A Story of Small-Town America
Brand: University of Illinois Press
SKU: NEW0252068440
Price: 30.0 USD
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Author: John E. Hallwas
ISBN: 9780252068447

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Author: John E. Hallwas
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Category: State & Local
Condition: New
ISBN-13: 9780252068447
ISBN-10: 0252068440

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ISBN: 0252068440

Author: Hallwas, John E.

Condition: New

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 Hallwas reveals this remote corner of the Midwest as a true reflection of the quintessential American experience.

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