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  • Kentucky's Frontier Highway

    Historical Landscapes Along the Maysville Road

    "A remarkable historical and geographical study" of a road linking Lexington and Maysville, Kentucky, and its influence on America ( West Virginia History).Eighteenth-century Kentucky beckoned to hunters, surveyors, and settlers from the mid-Atlantic coast colonies as a source of game, land, and new trade opportunities. Unfortunately, the Appalachian Mountains formed a daunting barrier that left ... Leer más

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  • Bourbon's Backroads

    A Journey through Kentucky's Distilling Landscape

    de Karl Raitz ...
    This history of bourbon explores how the shift from home distillers to commercial producers changed the culture and landscape of nineteenth-century Kentucky.As one of the commonwealth's signature industries, bourbon distilling has influenced the landscape and heritage of the region for more than two centuries. Blending several topics—tax revenue, railroads, the mechanics of brewing, geography, ... Leer más

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  • Making Bourbon

    A Geographical History of Distilling in Nineteenth-Century Kentucky

    de Karl Raitz ...
    "Raitz examines the rich story of distilling in its Kentucky heartland and traces its maturation from a local craft to an enduring industry." —William Wyckoff, author of How to Read the American WestWhile other industries chase after the new and improved, bourbon makers celebrate traditions that hearken back to an authentic frontier craft. Distillers enshrine local history in their branding and ... Leer más

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  • Appalachia: A Regional Geography

    Land, People, And Development

    de Karl Raitz ...
    Although Appalachia has long been recognized as one of the most distinctive subregions in North America and has been studied widely as an "underdeveloped problem area," this book is the first to provide a comparative and analytical geographical perspective on the entire Appalachian region rather than on portions of it. The authors highlight the div ... Leer más

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    An American Heritage

    On May 4, 1964, Congress designated bourbon as a distinctive product of the United States, and it remains the only spirit produced in this country to enjoy such protection. Its history stretches back almost to the founding of the nation and includes many colorful characters, both well known and obscure, from the hatchet-wielding prohibitionist Carry Nation to George Garvin Brown, who in 1872 ... Leer más

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  • Dead Distillers

    A History of the Upstarts and Outlaws Who Made American Spirits

    Founders and award-winning distillers of Kings County Distillery Colin Spoelman and David Haskell follow up their successful Guide to Urban Moonshining with an extensive history of the figures who distilled American spirits.Dead Distillers presents 50 fascinating—and sometimes morbid—biographies from this historic trade’s bygone days, including farmers, scientists, oligarchs, criminals, and the ... Leer más

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  • Before the Refrigerator

    How We Used to Get Ice

    de Jonathan Rees ...
    Series series How Things Worked
    A historical study of how increased access to ice—decades before refrigeration—transformed American life.During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans depended upon ice to stay cool and to keep their perishable foods fresh. Jonathan Rees tells the fascinating story of how people got ice before mechanical refrigeration came to the household. Drawing on newspapers, trade ... Leer más

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  • Kentucky Moonshine

    A concise, lively history of how the Bluegrass State became famous for illicit distilleries, by the author of The Big Con.When the first American tax on distilled spirits was established in 1791, violence broke out in Pennsylvania. The resulting Whiskey Rebellion sent hundreds of families down the Ohio River by flatboat, stills on board, to settle anew in the fertile bottomlands of Kentucky.Once ... Leer más

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  • Buffalo, Barrels, and Bourbon

    The Story of How Buffalo Trace Distillery Became The World's Most Awarded Distillery

    Learn about one of the most impactful distilleries in American history in this comprehensive taleBuffalo, Barrels, & Bourbon tells the fascinating tale of the Buffalo Trace Distillery, from the time of the earliest explorations of Kentucky to the present day. Author and award-winning spirits expert F. Paul Pacult takes readers on a journey through history that covers the American Revolutionary War ... Leer más

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    The Early Years of Whiskeymaking

    A history of the facts and folklore surrounding this legendary American whiskey.Kentucky Bourbon: The Early Years of Whiskeymaking tells the story of bourbon's evolution, debunking many popular myths along the way. First published more than twenty-five years ago, it looks at a variety of fascinating historical subjects, from the role of alcohol in colonial America and in the lives of frontiersmen ... Leer más

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  • Mail-Order Homes

    Sears Homes and Other Kit Houses

    Series Libro 645 - Shire Library USA
    The rapid westward expansion of the United States in the early twentieth century set the stage for a new industry: mail-order homes. Sold by such companies as Sears, Roebuck & Co., Aladdin, and Montgomery Ward, these kit homes were shipped by train to their purchasers in boxcars containing everything required for their construction, whether a vacation cottage, modest bungalow, or two-and-a-half ... Leer más

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  • American Cider

    A Modern Guide to a Historic Beverage

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