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*SIGNED* Founding Spirits: George Washington and the Beginnings of the American
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Signed
- Yes
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780983556503
- Book Title
- Founding Spirits : George Washington and the Beginnings of the American Whiskey Industry
- Publisher
- Mariner Publishing
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
- Topic
- General, Presidents & Heads of State, Industries / Food Industry
- Item Weight
- 18.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 292 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mariner Publishing
ISBN-10
0983556504
ISBN-13
9780983556503
eBay Product ID (ePID)
124172161
Product Key Features
Book Title
Founding Spirits : George Washington and the Beginnings of the American Whiskey Industry
Number of Pages
292 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
General, Presidents & Heads of State, Industries / Food Industry
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
"How many of us knew that the young George Washington bought votes with free beer and rum punch? Or that the old, retired president's distillery pumped out 10,000 gallons of rye whiskey in a single year? Here's a toast to historian Dennis Pogue for excavating the intimate relationship between strong liquor and the strong man at Mount Vernon." "Dennis Pogue has done the reputation of George Washington a huge favor. His painstaking research of the written and archaeological records meticulously places the Mount Vernon distillery in the wider contexts of George Washington's far-ranging plantation and entrepreneurial pursuits. What Pogue reveals is that George Washington was no blurry-eyed visionary. Always practical in his military, political, and business adventures, it is no wonder that he was also extremely savvy about the production and use of alcohol and the role that it played in American society. Beyond that, Pogue explores the significance of alcohol in America's wider public sphere since Washington's time, leading up to the recent restoration of the Mount Vernon distillery." Book jacket., George Washington: first in war, first in peace and first in whiskey? In Founding Spirits George Washingtons largely unknown and unexamined role as the entrepreneurial owner of one of the largest whiskey distilleries in 18th-century America forms the core of this detailed portrayal of the origins of the American whiskey industry.At the end of Washingtons second presidential term, his plantation manager, a Scotsman with extensive experience distilling whiskey, made the president a proposition that he simply could not refuse. Thus, Washington agreed to invest in a stone still house and outfit it with state-of-the-art distilling equipment. The enterprise soon grew to be the most profitable of all of Washingtons commercial ventures.
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