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The Wettest County in the World is a 2008 historical novel by Matt Bondurant, an American writer who features his grandfather Jack and grand-uncles Forrest and Howard as the main characters in the novel.The book tells of the trio during the Read More..

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Description	The Wettest County in the World is a 2008 historical novel by Matt Bondurant, an American writer who features his grandfather Jack and grand-uncles Forrest and Howard as the main characters in the novel.The book tells of the trio during the Depression and Prohibition in rural Virginia, who made a living bootlegging moonshine. The novel is told from both the perspectives of the three Bondurant brothers, mainly focusing on the youngest, Jack, and of the writer Sherwood Anderson, who described Franklin County in that period as the "wettest county in the world" while working there as a journalist during Prohibition. The film Lawless (2012), directed by John Hillcoat, is based on the book with a screenplay by Nick Cave.
Description	The Wettest County in the World is a 2008 historical novel by Matt Bondurant, an American writer who features his grandfather Jack and grand-uncles Forrest and Howard as the main characters in the novel.The book tells of the trio during the Depression and Prohibition in rural Virginia, who made a living bootlegging moonshine. The novel is told from both the perspectives of the three Bondurant brothers, mainly focusing on the youngest, Jack, and of the writer Sherwood Anderson, who described Franklin County in that period as the "wettest county in the world" while working there as a journalist during Prohibition. The film Lawless (2012), directed by John Hillcoat, is based on the book with a screenplay by Nick Cave.

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Name	The Wettest County in the World: A Novel Based on a True Story
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Authors	Matt Bondurant
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Genre	Historical novel , Crime novel
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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Pages	320 pp (hardback edition)
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Media_type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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Isbn	1-4165-6139-0
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Publisher	Scribner
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Pub_date	October 14, 2008
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Release_date	October 14, 2008
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