Romancing the Shine: Bootlegger Lewis Redmon
What kind of man has legendary chutzpah, a booze empire, and a hatred of taxes? That would be our new bootlegger friend Lewis Redmond! Find out his hows and whys, and how he eventually started working with the federal government and earning an honest living. This and more on today's Tipsy Timeline!
Today we discuss another famous bootlegger, Lewis Redmond! Learn the story of his rise, grace, legendary attitude, and eventual turn towards legitimacy. Sources for today's episode can be found at the following locations
- http://alishactaylor.com/lewisredmond/
- https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2016/03/01/lewis-redmond-king-of-the-moonshiners
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/2208902
- https://www.howlingmoonshine.com/lewis-redmond
- https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=5421
- https://listverse.com/2018/06/14/10-quenching-legends-myths-and-stories-involving-alcohol/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service#:~:text=The%20Internal%20Revenue%20Service%20