Terror on Top of Ole Smokey

This book is a mystery but also includes detailed description and history of the Appalachian Trail, early life on Cherokee Reservation and moonshine life. Mother and daughter is traveling a twisting mountain road across the mountains when theircar is deliberately by two men in trucks that have been hired to kill them. Several episodes of attempts to kill them follow their trek through rain and snow to escape the horror. Lots of upfront description for background of the story. Killers caught by FBI and sentenced. Spending five days in a snowed in cabin, bonding with small daughter.