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Kentucky bourbon : the early years of whiskeymaking / Henry G. Crowgey.

Title
Kentucky bourbon : the early years of whiskeymaking / Henry G. Crowgey.
Author
Crowgey, Henry G.
Publication
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2008.

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Description
xiv, 171 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
Author "claims that distilled spirits and pioneer settlement went hand in hand, [and] traces the drink's history from its beginnings as a cottage industry to steam-based commercial operations in the period just before the Civil War."-Cover.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subjects
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Originally published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 1971.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-[164]) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Thirsty Colonists -- Distillers Move to Kentucky -- The Product Improves -- As Useful as Money -- A Hateful Tax -- Whiskey of Distinction -- Bourbon Whiskey: Miracle & Myth.
ISBN
  • 9780813191836 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0813191831 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2007045738
OCLC
180852129
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library