Manny Shwab and the George Dickel Company

There was once a Tennessee whiskey that dwarfed Jack Daniel's, and a powerful man was behind it: V.E. "e;Manny"e; Shwab. Until now, virtually nothing has been written about either. Their story is one of a Jewish Alsatian immigrant's dream of finding community and prosperity in the New world; of smuggling during the Civil War; of the raging, sometimes fatal, battle against Prohibition; and of the wild side of rapidly growing Nashville during the 19th and early 20th centuries. "e;Manny"e; Shwab was a Tennessean known as the "e;owner"e; of Tennessee politics, and--because of his George Dickel company, saloons, and Cascade Whisky--the "e;debaucherer of more young men than anyone else in the state."e; He was also one of Tennesee's richest and most powerful men for four decades. This is the first full-length biography of V. E. Shwab, written by his great-grandson, and also the first complete history of the George Dickel company.