Table of Contents
Foreword Carlene Lovell Holder 9
Acknowledgements 13
Introduction 17
I The Hills of Northeast Georgia 23
An Unlikely Place 25
Heading North on the Moonshine Highway 28
The Road Home: A Narrative 32
II The People Who Call It Home 37
The House That Virgil Built 38
Woman of the Home 43
Hawk Eye, Black Angus and Lester Maddox 47
At First Sight: A Narrative 51
III Moonshine Mastermind 53
Same Recipe Since1918 54
Laying the Foundation 58
The Lovell Brothers 63
IV Back at the House 71
Growing Up Lovell 73
The Liquor Maker's Daughter 76
Learning the Signs 80
A Champion's Take: A Narrative 82
V Lucky at the Shack and on the Road 87
Moonshine Pockets 88
Meanwhile in North Carolina 91
VI On the Wrong Side of the Law 99
A Love-Hate Relationship 100
Chasing Fruit Jars 103
For Old Times' Sake: A Narrative 106
VII A Legal Run 109
Did You Dress Him? 110
Coming Full Circle 110
The Business of Whiskey 118
Black Cows on Green Grass: A Narrative 122
Bibliography 127
Index 137
About the Author 141
