Drinking in America: Our Secret History

by Susan Cheever

Book Overview

In Drinking in America, bestselling author Susan Cheever chronicles our national love affair with liquor, taking a long, thoughtful look at the way alcohol has changed our nation's history. This is the often-overlooked story of how alcohol has shaped American events and the American character from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.

Seen through the lens of alcoholism, American history takes on a vibrancy and a tragedy missing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1455513873
• ISBN13: 9781455513871
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Twelve
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"