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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. He was the gang's de facto leader during the 1930s, despite being the middle brother.
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. The book tells of the trio during the Depression and Prohibition in rural Virginia, who made a living bootlegging moonshine.
- 320 pp (hardback edition)
- Matt Bondurant
- October 14, 2008
- Scribner
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The film is about the violent conflict between three bootlegging brothers: Forrest (Hardy), Howard (Clarke), and Jack Bondurant (LaBeouf) — and the ruthless lawman Charley Rakes (Pearce), who tries to shut down the brothers' Prohibition-era moonshine business after Forrest refuses to pay him off. The film was in development for about three ...
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Feb 24, 2021 · James Forrest (Forrest) Bondurant. Born 21 Nov 1901 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA. Ancestors. Son of Granville Thomas Bondurant and Malisha Elizabeth (Barbour) Bondurant. Brother of Belva M Bondurant, Era S Bondurant, Benjamin Howard Bondurant, Lawson B Bondurant, Eddie T Bondurant, Clarance Bondurant, Mary V Bondurant, Jesse B Bondurant ...
- November 21, 1901
- December 10, 1965
Aug 25, 2012 · With nods to Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde and Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, it stars Tom Hardy as the leader of the three Bondurant brothers, backwoods bootleggers who battle the law and...
Aug 25, 2012 · Sat 25 Aug 2012 19.05 EDT. Tom Hardy plays Forrest Bondurant, the laconic brother who controls the family's bootlegging operation. Hardy is a thinking man's tough guy. He combines a raw,...