"The hill folk of Broke-Leg County, Kentucky believed that if the good Lord meant for corn to grow, He also meant for it to be distilled, in spite of the passage of a Federal law called the 18th Amendment, or Prohibition. And if a man wanted to get some really good sippin' whiskey, Son Martin was the one to see. Son not only made the best moonshine in the area, but it was rumored that he had hidden somewhere on his hill farm his old daddy's cache of 150 barrels of 8-year-old corn whiskey. Of course nobody had ever found any of the liquor, but Son never said that it wasn't there. Then one day the tranquility of Broke-leg County was interrupted by the sudden appearance of Frank Long, an old army buddy of Son's who knew about the whiskey and was now a Prohibition agent. But his presence had a difference purpose than his job as a revenue man. Frank wanted the hidden whiskey to bootleg on his own, and he was willing to use his official position to get it. In the attempt, he set neighbor against neighbor and the Moonshine War was on. Involved were Prohibition agents, Louisville gangsters, and local moonshiners as the hills of Kentucky rang with their gunshots each side fought to learn Son's secret. As the bullets got thicker Son was left alone, standing on his principles and waiting for his chance to bring the War to its startling and unexpected climax" (Inside flaps).