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The legends are colorful and many. Jack Daniel, it is said, ran away to escape a broken home; was a teenage moonshiner during the Civil War; and hauled black-market whiskey, hidden under loads of meat, to the wild river port of Huntsville, Alabama, sneaking into town after midnight to avoid the sheriff and his deputies. Until now, however, no one has explained how this orphaned "boy distiller" went on to establish a legitimate business and create one of the most powerful and widely recognized brands in the world.Krass, Peter is the author of 'Blood and Whiskey The Life and Times of Jack Daniel', published 2007 under ISBN 9780785822615 and ISBN 0785822615.
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