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000732238 1001_ $$aCheever, Susan,$$eauthor.
000732238 24510 $$aDrinking in America :$$bour secret history /$$cSusan Cheever.
000732238 250__ $$aFirst edition.
000732238 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bTwelve,$$c2015.
000732238 264_4 $$c©2015
000732238 300__ $$ax, 258 pages ;$$c24 cm
000732238 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent
000732238 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
000732238 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier
000732238 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 223-244) and index.
000732238 5050_ $$aPrologue -- The Mayflower: a good creature of God -- The American revolution, the taverns of the new world -- Paul Revere: "The British are coming!" -- Alexander Hamilton and the whiskey rebellion, John and Abigail Adams's sons and grandsons -- Johnny Appleseed, the American Dionysus -- The Civil War -- The great American west -- The end of the nineteenth century and the new temperance crusaders -- Prohibition -- The writer's vice -- Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Cold War -- A few seconds -- President Richard Nixon 1968-1973: "our drunken friend" -- Recovery -- Conclusion.
000732238 520__ $$aPresents an exploration of the history of drinking in the United States, discussing how alcohol has shaped American history and character from the seventeenth century to the present.
000732238 520__ $$aCheever chronicles our national love affair with liquor, taking a long, thoughtful look at the way alcohol has changed our nation's history. From the drunkenness of the Pilgrims to Prohibition hijinks, drinking has always been a way to celebrate and a way to grieve and a way to take the edge off. At many pivotal points in our history alcohol has acted as a catalyst. Discover the volatile ambivalence within our nation's tumultuous affair with alcohol.
000732238 650_0 $$aDrinking customs$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000732238 85200 $$bgen$$hGT2883.U6$$iC54$$i2015
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