The Wettest County in the World

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The Wettest County in the World is a historical novel by Matt Bondurant that fictionalizes his family’s Prohibition-era bootlegging exploits in Franklin County, Virginia.

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The Wettest County in the World canonical 7

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instanceOf historical novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Matt Bondurant ⓘ
basedOn Bondurant family history ⓘ
The Wettest County in the World ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts moonshine trade ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
rural life in Virginia ⓘ
follows Bondurant brothers ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
crime fiction ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation Lawless (film) ⓘ
linked to: Lawless
hasCharacter Forrest Bondurant ⓘ
Howard Bondurant ⓘ
Jack Bondurant ⓘ
hasISBN 978-0-7432-9732-5 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary American literature ⓘ
mainSubject Prohibition in the United States ⓘ
bootlegging ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narrative ⓘ
originalTitle The Wettest County in the World ⓘ
pageCount 320 ⓘ
publicationDate 2008 ⓘ
publisher Scribner ⓘ
linked to: Scribner Books
setInCountry United States ⓘ
setInLocation Franklin County, Virginia ⓘ
setInTimePeriod Prohibition era ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lawless → basedOn → The Wettest County in the World ⓘ
Lawless (film) → basedOn → The Wettest County in the World ⓘ
subject linked to: The Wettest County in the World
The Wettest County in the World → originalTitle → The Wettest County in the World ⓘ
Matt Bondurant → notableWork → The Wettest County in the World ⓘ
Lawless → basedOn → The Wettest County in the World ⓘ
subject linked to: Matt Bondurant
Jack Bondurant → workBasedOn → The Wettest County in the World ⓘ
Forrest Bondurant → adaptedFrom → The Wettest County in the World ⓘ