1st edition, 1972. A Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. INSCRIBED by author on half title page with letter from author laid in. 8vo., 250 pp., bound in publishers black cloth with illustrated black dust jacket, $7.95. Jacket has some light overall wear with chipping along upper edge. Previous owners name inside front cover; tan spot on FFEP due to newspaper article laid in. Text appears unmarked, dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.

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Title

THE SECOND OLDEST PROFESSION. An Informal History of Moonshining in America. ( signed )

Publisher

Prentice-Hall, Inc, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Publication Date

1972

Language

English

ISBN 10

0137975635

ISBN 13

9780137975631

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

The Second Oldest Profession is a careful tracing of this high proof Americana -- illicit whiskey making -- from fermenting in antiquity { and the monumental discovery of stillin to early colonist and Indian ventures in the art, through the Whiskey Rebellion, the Civil War, Prohibition, right up to the present day of highly technical tractor-trailer moonshining .

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