Moonshine Over Georgia: A Novel Based On Actual Events
Greed, poverty, and desperation. As control for the illegal hooch trade rages, can one honorable man bring compassion and justice to the hills?
Moonshine Over Georgia: A Novel Based On Actual Events
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PUBLIUS SPECIAL GUEST: Chris Skates, author of Moonshine Over Georgia: A Novel Based On Actual Events.
Greed, poverty, and desperation. As control for the illegal hooch trade rages, can one honorable man bring compassion and justice to the hills?
Western Georgia, 1946. C.E. “Kid” Miller knows well the evil found in a jug. Disgusted by the husbands he’s pulled out of the woods blind drunk and covered in vomit, the wail of their starving children haunts the revenue agent’s dreams. But his attempts to recruit an insider to snitch on a major bootlegging operation put him on the wrong end of a gun barrel…
With his own life on the line and the gangs growing bolder and more violent, he worries his work demolishing stills will only make his beloved wife a distraught widow. And as the courageous lawman hunts down his now-missing informant, he fears he’s hurtling toward an inevitable showdown with the state’s most notorious crime boss.
Facing betrayal at every turn and a million places to hide a body, can he free the land of soul-destroying corruption before he’s thrown in a shallow grave?
Based on a true-life account, author Chris Skates takes readers into a world vastly different from the good ol‘ boy exploits depicted on popular TV. Drawing on his grandfather’s years of tireless and perilous operations, prison interviews, and historical documents, Skates escorts the reader to a time in America full of heartbreak and breathtaking bravery.
Moonshine Over Georgia is an eye-opening historical fiction novel. If you like tenacious heroes, exploring the past, and setting the record straight, then you’ll love Chris Skates’ powerful tale.
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BIO: Chris Skates, author of Moonshine Over Georgia: A Novel Based On Actual Events, is a former speechwriter and policy advisor for two administrations, a Chemist for 30 years, and the author of four novels and over 300 articles and short stories.
Chris is a throwback to old Southern cultural traditions based in faith, history, tradition and regional cuisine. Chris was born in Georgia and has been a resident of 5 Southern states and 25 towns in his lifetime. Chris currently resides in Kentucky with his wife, adult children and two grandchildren. His life's journey has allowed him to know a broad variety of characters and personalities which are woven into the tapestry of his stories. Those stories are engaging, rich, and often witty, transporting the reader to a different place and time. His writing draws on his experiences as a nearly constant "new kid in town", his background in science, as well as his love of reading on a broad variety of topics.
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