STORIES OF MISCHIEF, MOONSHINE, AND HOT RODS

Volume 5 of MUSING APPALACHIA

Southerners have long been known for spinning humorous "stories" about real life…often laced with adventure and intrigue. What makes Appalachian humor entertaining is the cast of kooky characters and their wacky sense of place. These folks are larger than life and, at times, stranger than fiction.
If you were raised in the backhills of Appalachia, you already know the region boasts a high ratio of screwballs and everyday garden variety nutjobs. Eccentric, fun loving (and decidedly offbeat) people come alive on these pages…and every one of them will entertain.

This volume of Musing Appalachia dives into backwoods herbal remedies, moonshining, hot rods racing on mountain roads, and wild schemes like raising coydogs and skunks for fun and profit. These are some of the funniest (mostly) true-life stories you’ll find about Appalachian life. They bring you up close and personal with the madness, mayhem, and quirky charm of hillbilly living in the 1960s.

Inside, you’ll find thirty-four unforgettable stories:

• The Great Moonshine Tasting Party
• Squint Ledbedder and the Dead Man
• Miz Kitty's Green Trout
• Crazy Daisy Learns Me to Shoot Good
• Preacher Vann Goes on the Attack
• Dicey Rhodes Marries a Flatlander
• Hillbilly Hot Rods Chase Glory
• Popcorn Sutton: Backwoods Moonshiner
• The Jay Bird Boys’ Big Fishin' Adventure
• They Ain't No Beer in Heaven?
• Backwoods Sex Education and the Puzzle of Life
• Smoky Mountain Cannonball Run
• Breeding Coydogs: A Crazy Scheme to Get Rich
• Harley-Davidson Snakes its Way to Redemption
• White Lightning: More than You Want to Know!
• Hootch, the Drinking Deer
• Bootlegging Corn Likker and the Cars
• The Biggest Moonshiner Was a Woman
• Southern Skunks Are the Best
• Popcorn Sutton Revisited
• Redneck Drag Race: Ford Vs Chevy
• Highlander Hot Rod: Resurrection of a 1933 Ford
• Christmas Santas in the Backhills
• Making Moonshine Out of Beans
• How to Eat a Snake
• Appalachian Round Steak
• Haunting Terror on Poor House Road
• The Ghost: A Southern Racing Legend
• The Moonshine War
• The Motorcycle That Went to Jail
• The Maryville Dragstrip and the Enka Bridges
• 1937 Ford vs a Fancy Corvette
• Kayo, The Monkey
• Embrace Your Southerness

Buy a copy and immerse yourself in the quirky world of hilarious Appalachian characters!