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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.
- 320 pp (hardback edition)
- Matt Bondurant
- October 14, 2008
- Scribner
Jack and Howard then chased Rakes into the covered bridge, where Howard stabbed him dead. Later life [] Bondurant in 1940. Forrest spent two weeks recuperating, but he ultimately recovered and went on to marry Maggie in secret.
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.
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Aug 27, 2012 · The Real Story Behind 'Lawless' by Matt Bondurant Published Aug 27, 2012 at 1:00 AM EDT Updated Aug 26, 2012 at 10:56 PM EDT Shia LaBeouf plays Jack Bondurant in Lawless (in theaters Aug. 29); the ...
- Matt Bondurant
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 ...
- $54.4 million
- Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
- $26 million
Howard and Jack both executed Rakes after a shootout between the Prohis and the local bootleggers, and, following the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, they returned to their legitimate professions. Howard married Thelma Dent, a Martinsville resident, and they had two children: Lucille Bondurant and Howard Dillon Bondurant.
Aug 20, 2012 · It is the Depression-era tale of how the Bondurant Boys—Bondurant’s grandfather, Andrew Jackson Bondurant, known as Jack, and Jack’s older brothers Forrest and Howard—ran...
