CONTENTS

PROLOGUE: The Conkle Farm Near Clarkson, Ohio

PART ONE: 1904–1914 image CHARLEY

1. CHILD OF AQUARIUS

2. THE FLOYDS

3. GEORGIA ROOTS

4. BAPTISM BY FIRE

5. ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA

6. SEQUOYAH COUNTY

7. OUTLAW GHOSTS

8. KING COTTON

9. HEROES

10. AMERICA’S ROBIN HOOD

PART TWO: 1914–1925 image CHOC

11. MOONSHINE

12. AKINS, OKLAHOMA

13. OVER THERE

14. WANDERLUS

15. BOOTLEG HARVEST

16. ONE STEP OVER THE LINE

17. STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT

18. RUBY

19. THE ST. LOUIS BLUES

PART THREE: 1925–1934 image PRETTY BOY

20. THE PEN

21. TOM’S TOWN

22. THE WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN

23. WHIRLWIND

24. DOG DAYS

25. ON THE SCOUT

26. THE PHANTOM TERROR

27. THE MIDNIGHT RAMBLER

28. BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?

29. THE SUMMER OF ’33

30. THE MASSACRE

31. TRAIL’S END

EPILOGUE: Sallisaw, Oklahoma

Select Bibliography and Source Notes

Acknowledgments

Index