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Author Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. Because when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes often mean blood.
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In 1918, the mountains of North Carolina erupted in quiet rebellion. Dozens of young men dodged the World War I draft, hiding in the backcountry with help from friends and family. When a deadly shootout left two men dead on a remote mountain road, Governor Thomas Bickett launched an unprecedented campaign to bring the deserters in, using not just raids and arrests, but public persuasion designed to get these men to turn themselves in, no questions asked.
And it worked.
It’s another one of the Stories of Appalachia.
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And it worked.
It’s another one of the Stories of Appalachia.
Be sure to subscribe to the Stories podcast wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss a single one of our stories.
Thanks for listening!
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