When Money Grew on Trees

<p><strong>When Money Grew on Trees</strong> is the true story of David Mac a marijuana moonshiner who built a multimillion-dollar operation deep in the Ozark Mountains-protected by Madison County's notorious sheriff Ralph Baker.</p><p>In the 1980s and '90s Mac left Michigan for Arkansas chasing the dream of easy money. What he found was a backwoods empire where the law had a price and the sheriff was both protector and partner. For nearly two decades Mac and Baker blurred the lines between lawman and outlaw thriving in a world fueled by greed power and corruption.</p><p>But every outlaw pays a price.</p><p>Now living quietly in Fayetteville Arkansas Mac reflects on the choices that cost him everything: his freedom his rights and his future. A casualty of the War on Drugs he no longer votes owns a firearm or crosses the border for his once-loved fishing trips. But he still has his story-and this is it.</p><p>Told with sharp honesty and dark humor <em>When Money Grew on Trees</em> reveals the human cost of outlaw life and the corruption that flourished under the badge. If you're drawn to true crime Southern outlaw legends or the untold stories behind America's drug war this gripping memoir delivers.</p>