Author: JR., BILL SAMUELS Title: Maker's Mark My Autobiography
Description: Louiseville, KY: Saber Publishing c/o Butler Books, 2000. First Edition (?). Hardcover. ISBN: 0970586108. Color Illustrations; 8 1/4 x 10 1/4; 116 pages; Hard cover has light rubbing, shelf wear. DJ has light rubbing/scuffing; in a mylar cover. Black spine with white lettering. Pages are clean and tight, appears as if unused. Lavishly issustrated with 100+ color photographs and recipes. "Bourbon has its origins in the arrival of a unique group of immigrants to the young American colonies. The first settlers were from England and were accustomed to drinking beer and gin. Another group from Scotland and Ireland drank whisky, and they brought with them the skills to make it. They settled in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virgina and began distinlling whisky from whatever grain was available, incluing Indian corn, or maize...The whisky would handcrafted in small quantitites by men andd women...a whisky made in such small batches that he could be choosy about everything he used and did to craft his bourbon before if went into the barrel...the result would be Maker's Mark". Oversized, 3#.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 0970586108 Immigrant History; American History; Settlers; Pioneer History; Breweries; Whiskey Rebellion; Alcohol; Kentucky; Food; Cultural History Education European History American History Geography English/British History Biography/Memoirs/Journals Foo
Price: US$ 12.25 Seller: Pegasus Books
- Book number: 7263