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The social history of bourbon

Title
The social history of bourbon / Gerald Carson.
Author
Carson, Gerald, 1899-1989.
Publication
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2010.

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xxi, 280 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
Note
  • First published: New York : Dodd, Mead, 1963.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JFE 13-6624
ISBN
  • 9780813126562
  • 0813126568
OCLC
639159509
Author
Carson, Gerald, 1899-1989.
Title
The social history of bourbon / Gerald Carson.
Imprint
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2010.
Edition
Pbk. ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 13-6624
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