Mountain spirits: A chronicle of corn whiskey from King James' Ulster plantation to America's Appalachians and the moonshine life

I - THE CRAFT * The ABCs of Pure Corn * The Taste of Corn II - THE HISTORY * To Usquebaugh with Love * Of Pumpkins, Parsnips, and Walnut Tree Chips * The Excise Years * The 'Revenue' Goes to War * Big Court Week and Uncle Amos * John Barleycorn's Death and Resurrection III - THE LIFE * From Pure Corn to (Almost Pure) Sugar * The Moonshine Pockets * 'Tripping' Moonshine * Fighting the Revenues * Duff Floyd, Revenuer, and John Henry Hardin * Moonshine Tales: Pure Corn, Unadulterated IV - THE END * Metro Moonshine * Double and Twisted * Bibliography * Index