Author: Kosar, Kevin R.
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Moonshine: A Global History (Edible)
Price: $12.98
Publisher: Reaktion Books : April 2017
Seller ID: 329573
ISBN-13: 9781780237428
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Used - Very Good
You might think moonshine only comes from ramshackle stills hidden away in the Appalachian Mountains, but the fact of the matter is we've been improvising spirits all around the world for centuries. No matter where you go, there is a local bootleg liquor, whether it's bathtub gin, peatreek, or hjemmebrent. In this book, Kevin R. Kosar tells the colorful and, at times, blinding history of moonshine, a history that's always been about the people: from crusading lawmen and clever tinkerers to sly smugglers and ruthless gangsters, from pontificating poets and mountain men to beleaguered day-labore...
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