Lost Cove, North Carolina

Located just seconds from the winding Tennessee border, the remote mountain settlement of Lost Cove, North Carolina was once described as where the "moonshiner frolics unmolested." Today, Lost Cove is a ghost town accessible mainly to hikers hoping to catch a glimpse of the desolate settlement.

In this first historically comprehensive book on Lost Cove, the author paints a portrait of an isol...