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The Ole Days in Berkeley County, South Carolina - Couverture souple

Shuler, William Dennis

 
9780759699762: The Ole Days in Berkeley County, South Carolina
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0759699763 ISBN 13 : 9780759699762
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2002

Synopsis

I came up during the times when men made corn whiskey for a living to support their families. Life was hard during the depression years and jobs were scarce. I knew a lot of bootleggers in Berkeley County, and they knew they could trust me. I could get some of their best whiskey any time I wanted it. I never made 'shine but I did haul some and drank quite a bit of it. I had one good friend who worked with me for many years. We always kept a couple of jars of good corn whiskey in our cars. We enjoyed getting loaded, fishing in the sanctuary, and hunting in season or out of season. The only 'seasons' we bothered our minds with, were salt and pepper! We lived the life style of Huckleberry Finn. I can't afford to tell all that I know about Berkeley County as there are still people living today that would take me out in a heartbeat! While traveling around different areas of the Country, telling some of these tales, I have had several people ask me to write some of the stories down. It is difficult for the younger generations to believe these things really happened! I wrote this book to refresh the memories of our older people and give the younger people an insight into how we lived during the ole days. Politicians could buy votes for five dollars and for just a few dollars more, bootleggers could get the lawmen to look the other way. I wonder if things have really changed in our country or if the price has just gone up?!?

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Présentation de l'éditeur

I came up during the times when men made corn whiskey for a living to support their families. Life was hard during the depression years and jobs were scarce. I knew a lot of bootleggers in Berkeley County, and they knew they could trust me. I could get some of their best whiskey any time I wanted it. I never made 'shine but I did haul some and drank quite a bit of it. I had one good friend who worked with me for many years. We always kept a couple of jars of good corn whiskey in our cars. We enjoyed getting loaded, fishing in the sanctuary, and hunting in season or out of season. The only 'seasons' we bothered our minds with, were salt and pepper! We lived the life style of Huckleberry Finn. I can't afford to tell all that I know about Berkeley County as there are still people living today that would take me out in a heartbeat! While traveling around different areas of the Country, telling some of these tales, I have had several people ask me to write some of the stories down. It is difficult for the younger generations to believe these things really happened! I wrote this book to refresh the memories of our older people and give the younger people an insight into how we lived during the ole days. Politicians could buy votes for five dollars and for just a few dollars more, bootleggers could get the lawmen to look the other way. I wonder if things have really changed in our country or if the price has just gone up?!?

Biographie de l'auteur

I was born in Shulerville on August 4th, 1924 and subsequently was raised on a small farm during the depression years. My father was killed when I was young while he was working on the Santee Cooper Dam, which was in the early stages of being built at that time. I was drafted into the Army on August 4th, 1943. I served twenty-eight months with the US Army. Eight months of that time was spent on the front lines. After being discharged, I joined my friends for a while, drawing twenty dollars per week unemployment and living the 'honky-tonk' life style. After several months, I enrolled in a barber college in Greenville, South Carolina. I followed this profession until May 1947 at which time I secured employment at Westvaco. I retired in 1987 and I am now operating a small farm in Berkeley County, which I bought in 1953. I guess when you think of it, I have been living the American Dream in my hometown in good ole Berkeley County, South Carolina!

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0759699763
ISBN 13 
9780759699762
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
244
Coordonnées du fabricant
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