Author:
Higdon, James, III, author.
Physical Description:xxiii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Note:A county is born : Catholic migration, the Civil War, Prohibition and John Dillinger -- The hot air-conditioner incident, the Lebanese mayor of Lebanon and the killing of Charlie Stiles -- The dark side of Cornbread, starring Garland Russell -- "This is some absolutely dynamite pot here," the police said -- Cornbread in the tropics, the cops don't trust the DEA and Jimmy Bickett sees Johnny Boone on television -- Growers versus the drought of 1983, a rash of Raywick killings and a drug investigation gone wrong -- How the Jesuit College at St. Mary's became the first private prison in America -- Johnny Boone becomes "Mr. Grass" -- The DEA wants to know, "where did you get this lion?" -- The "Cornbread" press conference -- "Welcome to the gladiator arena" -- The US marshals versus James Higdon.
