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The Wettest County in the World is a 2008 historical novel by Matt Bondurant, an American writer who features his grandfather Jack and grand-uncles Forrest and Howard as the main characters in the novel. The book tells of the trio during the Depression and Prohibition in rural Virginia, who made a living bootlegging moonshine.
Matt Bondurant is an American novelist. Among his works are the books The Third Translation (2005), The Wettest County in the World (2008), The Night Swimmer (2012), and Oleander City (2022). Life and career
In 1931, the Bondurant brothers — middle brother Forrest, eldest brother Howard, and youngest brother Jack — are running a successful moonshine business in Franklin County, Virginia. The brothers use their gas station and restaurant as a front for dealing with the assistance of Cricket, Jack's mechanically gifted friend who builds and ...
Franklin County, and subsequently Smith Mountain Lake, was the setting for Touchstone Pictures 1991 film "What About Bob?". The comedy film was directed by Frank Oz, and starred Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. Murray plays Bob Wiley, a psychiatric patient who follows his egotistical psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin (Dreyfuss) on vacation.
James Bondurant, American race car driver; Jean Pierre Bondurant dit Cougoussac, a French Huguenot who emigrated from France in 1697 to Switzerland then on to Virginia in 1700 to escape religious persecution after Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes. Joan Bondurant, American spy and scholar of nonviolence; Matt Bondurant, American writer
He filed for legal separation in 2015, and their divorce was finalized in 2018. The couple had no children. [7] On July 1, 2020, Howard married Kat C. Cruz, at a private service in Las Vegas. They have a daughter, Rafa’ella Erlinda. [8] Howard was an avid golfer who played 150 rounds a year from 1990 until hip replacements forced him to quit ...
Educational Pictures, also known as Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. or Educational Films Corporation of America, was an American film production and film distribution company founded in 1916 by Earle (E. W.) Hammons (1882–1962).
Carol Ann Susi (February 2, 1952 – November 11, 2014) was an American actress whose career spanned 40 years. Her best known roles were probably her first and last; she debuted as the recurring character of semi-competent but likable intern Monique Marmelstein on Kolchak: The Night Stalker.