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There were two events in particular that had a lasting effect on the life of David Frost, Jr.: "Watching my parents make moonshine in our back yard in a wash pot," he says, "and listening to my parents tell the story of how the Peterson boy was lynched here in Eufaula. My parents would tell it like it had just happened." In this compelling account of his life as an African American in Eufaula, Alabama, Frost illuminates the strange world of the rural South. He was a living witness to both the dramatic racial violence and the heroic struggles of the civil rights movement. This world included lynchings as well as the quieter activities of everyday life. His story, told honestly and earnestly, pictures an alternately violent and placid community where whites not only brutalized blacks but also came to their aid. Frost tells of the intricate web of collusion, cooperation, treachery, competition, and sometimes gleeful gamesmanship that wove together the lives of black and white people in this typical southern community. His story recounts his unique perspective on this complex social culture in which strange twists governed daily life, in which a black moonshiner evading the law might take the white sheriff hunting on his property, a culture in which a white doctor, the leader of a lynch mob, spent the rest of his life trying to atone by serving the medical needs of the black community. Although there are multitudinous analyses, narratives, and reports detailing the baffling enigmas of southern history, in this exceptional memoir a fresh, previously unheard voice reveals cultural complexities that most historians have neglected.
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A black moonshiner and civil rights activist's autobiographical report on complex events in southern history neglected by white historians
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. BI4 - An ex-library trade paperback book SIGNED by Charles Reagan Wilson on the title page in very good condition that has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), some light discoloration and shelf wear. Edited by Louise Westling. With an introduction by Charles Reagan Wilson. A memoir by an African American moonshiner who became a civil-rights activist and self-taught local historian. It tells of the author's life as a black Alabamian in the violent, virulently white supremacist Jim Crow South. He recounts the terrorism of lynching, economic racism, the social reality behind his moonshine business, and his time in the prison labor system and involvement in voter registration. 9"x6", 110 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # SCW13746
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