High Point, nestled in the heart of the Piedmont Triad, has long been at
the forefront of progress, attracting those entrepreneurs who were up to
something out of the ordinary?, a place where spanking leads to tragedy,
ransom notes are left in mailboxes and people are railroaded through
court. When Prohibition swept the nation, High Point's first saloonist
stayed in business for only eighteen hours. High Point's speed-demon
racecar drivers opted to smuggle liquor in their uncatchable cars, which
sparked the beginning of NASCAR. Join veteran author Alice Sink as she
explores these and other tales, from the cruel and comical to the
mischievous and outrageous, in the story of this international city's?
colorful past.