His most popular book is Sugar Blues, first published in 1975, which cautions against white refined sugar, and presents its history and cultural influence.
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McCoy was a member of one of the families of the Hatfield-McCoy feud, and was based at various times in Los Angeles, New York City, and at Chicago's Drake Hotel, where he first performed "Sugar Blues" in 1930.