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America Walks into a Bar: A Spirited History of Taverns and Saloons, Speakeasies and Grog Shops
America Walks into a Bar A Spirited History of Taverns and Saloons Speakeasies and Grog Shops
Author: Christine Sismondo
When George Washington bade farewell to his officers, he did so in New York's Fraunces Tavern. When Andrew Jackson planned his defense of New Orleans against the British in 1815, he met Jean Lafitte in a grog shop. And when John Wilkes Booth plotted assassination with his accomplices, they gathered in Surratt Tavern. — In America Walks into a Bar...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199324484
ISBN-10: 0199324484
Publication Date: 5/1/2014
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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