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The section begins Part II and follows the post-Stitzel-Weller Old Rip operation, including Thompson's market narrative and family recollections of financial strain.
Thompson portrays the Lawrenceburg years as a survival system built from sourced barrels, bottling work, debt, improvisation, family labor, and changing inventory during a weak bourbon market.
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Part II, Chapters 1–5
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