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The Wettest County in the World is a 2008 historical novel by Matt Bondurant, an American writer who features his grandfather Jack and grand-uncles Forrest and Howard as the main characters in the novel.
James Forrest Bondurant (21 November 1901-4 December 1965) was an American Prohibition-era gangster and one of the three Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, Virginia. He was the gang's de facto leader during the 1930s, despite being the middle brother.
Aug 27, 2012 · In these articles my grandfather and his brothers Forrest and Howard, "The Bondurant Boys," were described as a notorious group with a dangerous reputation.
Aug 29, 2012 · 99+ Photos. Biography Crime Drama. Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for a cut of their profits. Director. John Hillcoat. Writers. Nick Cave. Matt Bondurant. Stars. Tom Hardy. Shia LaBeouf. Guy Pearce. See production info at IMDbPro.
Apr 2, 2021 · The characters of Jack, Forrest, and Howard Bondurant are based on the real relatives of the author of the novel, Matt Bondurant. The former is based on his paternal grandfather, while the latter two characters are modeled after his grand-uncles.
Aug 23, 2012 · Later this month, Hollywood releases the movie “Lawless,” based on the real-life story of a notorious Virginia bootlegging family. We get the story behind the story from the family’s grandson who wrote the book upon which the movie is based while working as a professor at a local university.
Forrest Bondurant : It is not the violence that sets men apart, alright, it is the distance that he is prepared to go. Forrest Bondurant : I thought I walked. Forrest Bondurant : Jack, look at me. We're survivors. We control the fear. And without the fear, we are all as good as dead.
In 1931, in Franklin County, Virginia, Forrest Bondurant is a legend as immortal after surviving the war. Together with his brothers Howard and the coward Jack, the Bondurant family has a distillery and bootlegging business.
Aug 30, 2012 · Forrest Bondurant (Tom Hardy), leader of the most powerful moonshining family in Franklin County, Virginia, wears the indestructible armor of legend. His parents died in the 1919 flu...
Sep 1, 2012 · Novelist Matt Bondurant’s family has taken its place in gangster lore with the recent release of “Lawless,” an independent film based on the true story of the “Bondurant Boys,” his grandfather...
