Contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Welcome
4. Dedication
5. Epigraph
6. Prologue: The Dusty Road to Dalian
7. PART I
   1. Chapter 1. The Tipoff
   2. Chapter 2. The Original Outsourcer
   3. Chapter 3. The Town the Daddy Rabbits Built
   4. Chapter 4. Hilltop Hierarchy
8. PART II
   1. Chapter 5. The Cousin Company
   2. Chapter 6. Company Man
   3. Chapter 7. Lineage and Love
9. PART III
   1. Chapter 8. Navigating the New Landscape
   2. Chapter 9. Sweet Ole Bob (SOB)
   3. Chapter 10. The Mount Airy Ploy
   4. Chapter 11. The Family Elbow
10. PART IV
    1. Chapter 12. Schooling the Chinese
    2. Chapter 13. Bird-Doggin’ the Backwaters
    3. Chapter 14. Selling the Masses
11. PART V
    1. Chapter 15. The Storm Before the Tsunami
    2. Chapter 16. Trouble in the ’Ville
    3. Chapter 17. Stretching Out the Snake
    4. Chapter 18. The Dalian Dance Card
12. PART VI
    1. Chapter 19. Gathering the Troops
    2. Chapter 20. Mr. Bassett Goes to Washington
    3. Chapter 21. Factory Requiem
13. PART VII
    1. Chapter 22. Million-Dollar Backlash
    2. Chapter 23. Copper Wires and Pink Slips
    3. Chapter 24. Shakedown Street
14. PART VIII
    1. Chapter 25. Mud Turtle
    2. Chapter 26. The Replacements
    3. Chapter 27. “Sheila, Get Me the Governor!”
    4. Epilogue: The Smith River Twitch
15. Photos
16. Acknowledgments
17. About the Author
18. Appendix: A Virginia Furniture Dynasty
19. Notes
20. Newsletters
21. Copyright