Introduction : the view from the mountain
The setting, the Cherokees, and the first era of Ducktown mining, 1843-1878
The revival of Ducktown mining and the first smoke suits, 1890-1903
The farmers and the copper companies wage battle in the Tennessee courts
Georgia enters the fray
The Ducktown desert and Georgia's first smoke suit
Will Shippen, forestry, and Georgia's second smoke suit, 1905-1907
Attorney general Hart, the National Farmers Union, and the search for a remedy, 1907-1910
The smoke injunction and the great war, 1914-1918
Power dams, whitewater rafting, and the reclamation of the Ducktown desert, 1916-2010
Epilogue : the view from the mountain.