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280 pages 24 cm The author explores the story of bourbon whiskey, originating in the year of the Declaration of Independence, continuing through the Whisky Rebellion, Prohibition, moonshiners, barroom photographs, and bourbon advertising Includes bibliographical references Drinks and drinking in early America -- Watermelon armies and whiskey boys -- Bourbon's country cousin -- The first true bourbon -- A name with a melody all its own -- Kentucky -- The dark age of American drinking -- Whiskey in the Civil War -- Golden years of the bourbon aristocracy -- Drinking down the national debt -- Moonshine and honeysuckle -- The great whiskey steal -- The highwine trust -- Westward the jug of empire took its way -- A sofa with every case -- But -- what is whiskey? -- Whiskey fun and folklore -- The swinging door -- The zenith of man's pleasure -- Bourbon: from 1920 to the day before yesterday

Author

Gerald Carson

Publisher

New York, Dodd, Mead

Published

1963

Language

EN

Subjects

Engineering, Stem