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Demon Rum And A Dare: The Story Of How Prohibition Inspired Stock Car Racing In The American South, Brijana M. Paic

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Demon Rum and a Dare, which tells the story of how Prohibition inspired the birth of stock car racing in the American South, takes an approach from the standpoint of the bootleggers and illustrates how their staunch devotion to the moonshine industry allowed them to successfully resist the alcohol ban and inadvertently establish the foundation for one of America’s most beloved pastimes. The article highlights that specific aspect of the illegal industry known as rum-running which occurred out on the country roads and was performed by young men and women of wild repute who possessed the creativity, determination, and spontaneity …