Mountain Spirits

by Dabney, Joseph Earl

• ISBN13: 9780914875024
• ISBN10: 0914875027
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1984-04-01
• Publisher: Bright Mountain Books

Summary

After retiring from a career as a public relations representative with Lockheed Martin Corporation, Joseph Earl Dabney currently enjoys a career as a writer, author, and speaker. He also has experience as a reporter and editor for several Southern newspapers. Dabney has written three other books: More Mountain Spirits; Herk: Hero of the Skies; and Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread, and Scuppernong Wine, which was named Cookbook of the Year by the James Beard Foundation for 1999. Joe is a native of Kershaw, South Carolina, and lives in Atlanta. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Foreword: A Case of Malum Prohibitum	p. xiii
A Corn Whiskey Glossary	p. xix
The Craft
The ABCs of Pure Corn	p. 3
The Taste of Corn	p. 18
The History
To Usquebaugh with Love	p. 31
Of Pumpkins, Parsnips, and Walnut Tree Chips	p. 42
The Excise Years	p. 58
The "Revenue" Goes to War	p. 74
Big Court Week and Uncle Amos	p. 90
John Barleycorn's Death and Resurrection	p. 102
The Life
From Pure Corn to (Almost Pure) Sugar	p. 117
The Moonshine Pockets	p. 131
"Tripping" Moonshine	p. 148
Fighting the Revenuers	p. 166
Duff Floyd, Revenuer, and John Henry Hardin	p. 181
Moonshine Tales: Pure Corn, Unadulterated	p. 199
The End
Metro Moonshine	p. 215
Double and Twisted	p. 227
Bibliography	p. 233
Index	p. 239
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