I actually love this subject and did a 13 page paper in my
junior sem in history class in college. One of the neatest
and most interesting parts of my research I found was
reading all the stories about the producing and
transportation of illegal liquor (moonshine)in the rural
parts of the South. Some of these areas include Dawsonville
Georgia and Wilkes County North Carolina. Events and
circumstances surrounding prohibition era South is actually
responsible for the birth of stock car racing and NASCAR.
Some of the more known names they may want to look up is
Raymond Parks, Lloyd Seay, Roy Hall, and Red Vogt. To get a
good perspective on it, I reccomend taking a look at a book
entitled Driving With the Devil: Southern Moonshine, Detroit
Wheels, and the Birth of NASCAR by Neal Thompson

On 11/16/08, Liz Krause wrote:
> A friend of mine is doing a report for a college class on
> prohibition in the south, Being an education major myself
> (I teacher high school special end) I believe that one of
> the greatest resources are other professional. I am very
> interested in hearing different teachers perspectives on
> such an emotional controversial time in the south. If you
> know of any good resources about prohibition in the south
> please let me know. I hope that all of you are haviing a
> wonderful year.

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