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Isaac Costner was a big fish in a small pond when he was brokering moonshine in east Tennessee during the depression. Everything went decidedly south when he hooked up with a gang from the Chicago area, and he found himself in Alcatraz with members of the very gang he turned state’s evidence on.
Kate Brewster
Kate Brewster is a retired library director based in Knoxville, Tennessee, with more than three decades of experience in research, archival management, and public education. She spent several years writing for newspapers, magazines, has written several books, and stage plays. Kate loves teaching genealogy, history, and writing workshops and classes where she brings history and writing to life for fellow lifelong learners.