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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.
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 ...
Robert Lewis Bondurant [1] (April 27, 1933 – November 12, 2021) was an American racecar driver who raced for the Shelby American, Ferrari, and Eagle teams. Bondurant was one of the most famous drivers to emerge from the Southern California road racing scene in the 1950s, and achieved success in North America and in Europe.
Robert Boardman Howard died on February 18, 1983, aged 86, in Santa Cruz, California. [19] [20] Howard's work is featured in many public museum collections including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), [21] Oakland Museum of California, [22] the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, [23] Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy, [24] Rhode Island School of Design Museum, [25 ...
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
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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