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Burns, Eric. The Spirits of America: a Social History of Alcohol.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Nov, 2003. 352p. index. Temple Univ., $29 (1-59213-214-6). 394.1.
Humans have lapped up alcohol since the Babylonians began brewing beer, Americans, says Burns, have done so with special abandon, from colonial days, when harsh living conditions perhaps contributed to a regimen that included beer-soaked toast for breakfast, to the early twentieth century, when immigrants' tenement miseries made booze an appealing escape, The book's subtitle is somewhat misleading as, aside from a 15-page epilogue, Burns (host of Fox News Watch) ends his story with the repeal of Prohibition, And, while ...
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