Wicked High Point (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781609493721)

High Point, nestled in the heart of the Piedmont Triad, has long been at the forefront of progress, attracting those entrepreneurs who were up to something out of the ordinary"?, a place where spanking leads to tragedy, ransom notes are left in mailboxes and people are railroaded through court. When Prohibition swept the nation, High Point's first saloonist stayed in business for only eighteen hours. High Point's speed-demon racecar drivers opted to smuggle liquor in their uncatchable cars, which sparked the beginning of NASCAR. Join veteran author Alice Sink as she explores these and other tales, from the cruel and comical to the mischievous and outrageous, in the story of this "international city's"? colorful past."

Author: Alice E. Sink
ISBN-10: 1609493729
ISBN-13: 9781609493721
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 02/08/2011
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.32w x 0.37d