Gerald Carson traces bourbon’s place in American culture beyond the distillery, from the Whiskey Rebellion and the Whiskey Ring scandals to the frontier “whiskey forts” of the fur trade and the rise and fall of the saloon.
First published decades ago and still cited as a foundational text on the subject, it’s less a spirits guide than a social history of how Kentucky’s native drink shaped American manners, politics, and commerce.
Published 2010
320 pages
$17.88