Coke & Dagger: An Appalachian Adventure (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781970038064)

Coke & Dagger is a fictionalized account of Appalachian small-town life in the '70s, '80s and '90s. Some of the stories, like the duffel bags of cocaine and the poor bear who died in the National Forest, are verifiably true. Others are what probably happened, if you can believe what people say.

Most of the characters are compendiums of people I knew there except for the Dixie Mafia. I'm happy to say we never met, although I did live for years in their hideout after they were gone. We got it for a song.