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The social history of bourbon

By Carson , Gerald

Book information

Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Year
2012
ISBN
9780813126562, 9780813126586, 0813126584
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
131 MB (137211794 bytes)
Pages
280\322
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Whiskey--Kentucky--History;Whiskey;History;Whiskey

Description

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.

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