Kathryn Smith is the author of Baptists and Bootleggers, Methodists and Moonshiners, and Gertie – all popular selections at Main Street Reads!

Did you know George Washington drank his way through the South in 1791 and ran one of the country’s biggest distilleries after his presidency? Or that Methodists were even keener about drying up America than Baptists were? In Methodists and Moonshiners: Another Prohibition Expedition Through the South…with Cocktail Recipes, you’ll learn about the notorious murder at Atlanta’s Georgian Terrace Hotel, the peculiar story of Chang and Eng, the original Siamese Twins, who share a hometown with actor Andy Griffith, and the former enslaved man who taught Jack Daniel to make whiskey. In this companion volume to Baptists and Bootleggers, you’ll go to bars, distilleries, speakeasies, museums, and cemeteries and can sample vintage and modern cocktails from the comfort of home. History has never been so much fun!

Kathryn Smith is an award-winning author, journalist, and historian with a passion for strong women, cocktails, and untold stories.

A former book columnist for the Anderson Independent Mail, she has authored 11 books, including The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR, and the Untold Story of the Partnership That Defined a Presidency and Gertie: The Fabulous Life of Gertrude Sanford Legendre, winner of the Independent Book Publishers Association’s Book Award for Biography. She has also explored Prohibition-era history in Baptists & Bootleggers and Methodists & Moonshiners