The Juke Joint King of the Mississippi Hills: The Raucous Reign of Tillman Branch
Download or Read eBook The Juke Joint King of the Mississippi Hills: The Raucous Reign of Tillman Branch PDF written by Janice Branch Tracy and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Janice Branch Tracy |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 157 |
| Release | : 2014-03-11 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781625849694 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1625849699 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Juke Joint King of the Mississippi Hills: The Raucous Reign of Tillman Branch by : Janice Branch Tracy
Book excerpt: In the swamps and juke joints of Holmes County, Mississippi, Edward Tillman Branch built his empire. Tillman's clubs were legendary. Moonshine flowed as patrons enjoyed craps games and well-known blues acts. Across from his Goodman establishment, prostitutes in a trysting trailer entertained men, including the married Tillman himself. A threat to law enforcement and anyone who crossed his path, Branch rose from modest beginnings to become the ruler of a treacherous kingdom in the hills that became his own end. Author Janice Branch Tracy reveals the man behind the story and the path that led him to become what Honeyboy Edwards referred to in his autobiography as the "baddest white man in Mississippi."
