Waters of Life from Conecuh Ridge: The Clyde May Story [Paperback]

Wade Hall (Author)

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Publication Date: March 1, 2007

Clyde May was the patriarch of a family from rural Bullock County, Alabama. He was a devoted father, a war veteran, and a churchgoer. He was also a moonshiner. This colorful memoir based on oral history interviews with May's son, Kenny, explores May's life and his passion for making good whiskey despite the risk of going to jail. Now the family tradition is taking a new twist, as Kenny and his siblings have established Alabama's first legal distillery to bottle and sell a distinctive whiskey based on the late Clyde May's recipe.

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About the Author

Wade Hall, a retired professor of English, has taught at colleges and universities in Florida and Kentucky and is the author of many books, monographs, poems, and plays about the South and its people. A native of Union Springs, Alabama, he holds degrees from Troy State University, the University of Alabama, and the University of Illinois. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: NewSouth Books (March 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 160306012X
• ISBN-13: 978-1603060127
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,889,584 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good local history, March 24, 2005

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Foster J. Dickson "Foster Dickson" (Montgomery, AL, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waters of Life from Conecuh Ridge: The Clyde May Story (Paperback)

I just like oral histories, and this one about an Alabama moonshiner whose son takes his recipe to make a legalized whiskey is particularly intriguing because it creates a human story to go along with the demonized image of the moonshiner. Other books in this "Conecuh Series" are equally good, although each one is topically and stylistically different.