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Dodge Mercer has lead the life of a gunslinger. Hungry for the quiet life, he drifts west looking for a chance to build a spread of his own. He decides on the rugged, dangerous Tonto Basin country of Arizona, and is welcomed to stay and work with the Lilley clan. Nan Lilley is the most beautiful woman Dodge has ever seen. In his quest for her love, he runs up against tough, two-fisted Buck Hathaway, who claims Nan for his own. When Nan chooses

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Struggling with a meager existence on a Prohibition-era farm in Southern California and devastated by the losses of four of her children to a wasting disease, Rosa flees with her surviving children after a shattering act of violence.

"Pike Shannon may have put his competitor permanently out of business, but that doesn't mean he's willing to let his family continue to brew white lightning moonshine for the folks of Warbonnet, Texas. Aside from trying to stay on the right side of the law, Pike's attention is divided elsewhere. Vying for his affections are Belle Ramsey, the cousin of his late rival, and Sophie Truesdale, a temperance firebrand. Pike knows women and whiskey don't...

As the nation grapples with the strictures of Prohibition, Rosa Barclay lives on a Southern California rye farm with her volatile husband, John, who has lately found another source of income far outside the federal purview. Mother to eight children, Rosa mourns the loss of four who succumbed to the mysterious wasting disease that is now afflicting young Ana and Miguel. Two daughters born of another father are in perfect health. When an act of violence...

After the death of her best friend, Lennie takes some of her family's moonshine to a party where the wishes everyone makes before drinking seem to come true.

"Nothing but clear, 100-proof American history. Hooch. White lightning. White whiskey. Mountain dew. Moonshine goes by many names. So what is it, really? Technically speaking, "moonshine" refers to untaxed liquor made in an unlicensed still. In the United States, it's typically corn that's used to make the clear, unaged beverage, and it's the mountain people of the American South who are most closely associated with the image of making and selling...

"When they left the Ozarks to start a new life in Warbonnet, Texas, the Shannon family thought their moonshining days were over. But it turns out that running a horse ranch and farm is harder than it looks--especially when the family patriarch dies under mysterious circumstances. Now it's up to the prodigal son, Pike Shannon, to rescue them from ruin. His plan: break out the old still, brew a batch of the secret family recipe, and sell some 190-proof...

Inspired by the life of a notorious West Georgia moonshiner, Sam Alta Dryden. Ready to end his criminal lifestyle after many years in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Alta heads home with the best of intentions. His new success becomes legendary: he regains the trust of his dying wife Shelby, sells off his moonshine empire, launches a major home building company, and is elected mayor of Tallapoosa. Yet he is haunted by the advice of Doc Dorothy,...

When potent moonshine is smuggled onto the Cherokee reservation, resulting in the death of a marshal, Jack Slade, a reformed drinker and gambler, must find the killers and put an end to the bootleggers' operation once and for all.

Chronicles the centuries-long history of the illicit moonshine business in the United States, as well as the author's own attempts at producing homemade alcohol.