The Juke Joint King of the Mississippi Hills: The Raucous Reign of Tillman Branch

In the swamps and juke joints of Holmes County, Mississippi, Edward Tillman
Branch built his empire. Tillman's clubs were legendary. Moonshine flowed as
patrons enjoyed craps games and well-know blues acts. Across from his Goodman
establishment, prostitutes in a trysting trailer entertained men, including the
married Tillman himself. A threat to law enforcement and anyone who crossed his
path, Branch rose from modest beginnings to become the ruler of a treacherous
kingdom in the hills that became his own end. Author Janice Branch Tracy reveals
the man behind the story and the path that led him to become what Honeyboy
Edwards referred to in his autobiography as the "baddest white man in
Mississippi."