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Prohibition began as a well-intentioned and earnest effort by politicians and temperance movement leaders to stem the tide of evils threatening Americans due to the use of alcohol. However, none could have envisioned how differently and disastrously the period would end. Former President Herbert Hoover referred to Prohibition as ""the great social and economic experiment."" The good intentions inspiring these thirteen years were juxtaposed with the rise of the very criminal acts that the Volstead Act sought to curtail. The evils of the Prohibition period rocked the citizens of two sleepy little Mississippi towns, Leakesville and Richton, to their cores. U.S. Treasury Special Agent Jacob ""Jake"" Francis Green and Richton Town Marshal Lawrence Dunnam were gunned down on April Fool's Day of 1921 when attempting to shut down an illegal moonshine still and arrest its operators. Little did the officers know that four men were waiting to murder them. Someone had tipped off the moonshiners. From that day on, the trajectory of the lives of members of these two families took a markedly different path. As Jake Green's youngest grandchild, author Juanita Green Hollinghead's quest for the truth led her on a journey of discovery that became her life's mission. The facts she has uncovered are astounding as she brings to life this riveting account of the true-crime event that shaped her family's history. Perhaps other survivors want to understand better the process of how and where to find clues to the truth of their families' tragic events.

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Author Juanita Green Hollinghead has devoted the last thirty-nine years of her life to uncovering the facts about the murder of her paternal grandfather. Since early childhood, Juanita has had an inexplicable yearning to know the whole story of Jake's death. Juanita's father never discussed the murder of his father with his wife or four children. Only in 1988, after her father's death, did Juanita begin an active personal investigation into this crime that shaped her entire family's history.Juanita worked tirelessly for twenty-four years in the field of education in various positions-kindergarten and elementary classroom instructor, instructional interventionist, and principal. A fifth-generation Mississippian, Juanita has carried on the tradition of service to others established by other members of her Green family, including serving as a member of the Board of Alderman for the Town of Leakesville for eight years.She and her husband, Andy have two grown children-Drew and Paige-and three grandsons and six granddaughters. They attend Sonlight Community Church and make their home in Leakesville, Mississippi. The writings of Sherye S. Green reflect her journey of faith and explore the heart's inner landscapes. An author, singer, and speaker, she has long been intrigued by the power of words to influence and shape thought and action. A former Miss Mississippi, Sherye has enjoyed two careers-one in business, the other in education. She is the award-winning author of two inspirational novels, Abandon Not My Soul and Through a Dark Valley, a devotional collection, Tending the Garden of My Heart: Reflections on Cultivating a Life of Faith, a World War II survivor memoir, Surviving Hitler, Evading Stalin: One Woman's Remarkable Escape from Nazi Germany, and Mission Vigilant: A Mother's Crusade to Stem the Tide of Veteran Suicide. Sherye is the 2021 Mississippi Author of the Year for Nonfiction. Sherye and her husband make their home in Jackson, Mississippi. They are the parents of a son and daughter and are grandparents to five grandsons and one granddaughter.

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