America Walks into a Bar A Spirited History of Taverns and Saloons, Speakeasies and Grog Shops

Name: America Walks into a Bar A Spirited History of Taverns and Saloons, Speakeasies and Grog Shops
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ISBN: 9780199324484

ISBN-10: 0199324484

ISBN-13: 9780199324484

Edition: 2014

Authors: Christine Sismondo

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When George Washington bade farewell to his officers, he did so in New York's Fraunces Tavern. When Andrew Jackson planned his defense of New Orleans against the British in 1815, he met Jean Lafitte in a grog shop. And when John Wilkes Booth plotted with his accomplices to carry out an assassination, they gathered in Surratt Tavern.In America Walks into a Bar, Christine Sismondo recounts the rich and fascinating history of an institution often reviled, yet always central to American life. She traces the tavern from England to New England, showing how even the Puritans valued "a good Beere." With fast-paced narration and lively characters, she carries the story through the twentieth century…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/1/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 8.19" wide x 5.39" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English