Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit

by Dane Huckelbridge

Book Overview

A rollicking biography of bourbon whiskey that doubles as a rich and surprising history of America itselfFew products are so completely or intimately steeped in the American story as bourbon whiskey. As Dane Huckelbridge's masterfully crafted history reveals, the iconic amber spirit is the American experience, distilled, aged, and sealed in a bottle. Bourbon's essential ingredient, corn, is indigenous to the Americas and had been fermented by its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062241397
• ISBN13: 9780062241399
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 9.1"