“Chasing the White Dog: An Amateur Outlaw’s Adventures in Moonshine”

“Number one, if you’re looking for a primer on making booze, look somewhere else.

Okay, now that the drunken DIY’ers are out of the way we can get down to business.

Dog is overall a decent book. It has some definite ups, and Max Watman must be a talented writer as some of the most interesting chapters had to do with Nascar’s origins in bootlegging and I have ZERO interest in Nascar.

That said, the book doesn’t have a very strong focus. There is some history, some rubbing elbows with modern-day legit disitllers, and the whole things ends with a drawn-out trial piece.

My personal opinion: Read the modern-day stuff, read about Max’s attempts at moonshining, read about the Nascar parts and Junior Johnson. The rest is, well, mash.”