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America Walks into a Bar A Spirited History of Taverns and Saloons, Speakeasies and Grog Shops
by Sismondo, Christine-
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Summary
Author Biography
Christine Sismondo is a writer and lecturer in Humanities at York University in Toronto. She has written numerous articles about film, literature, drinking, and vice, as well as the book Mondo Cocktail, a narrative history of cocktails.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Prologue | p. xi |
A Pilgrim walks into a Bar | p. 3 |
A Dissenter Walks into a Bar | p. 27 |
A Rebel walks into the Back Room of a Bar | p. 41 |
A Revolutionary Walks into a Bar | p. 61 |
A Federalist walks into a Bar | p. 77 |
Keeping Tabs | p. 99 |
The Political Machine Invades a Bar | p. 119 |
The Crusader Walks into a Bar | p. 137 |
The Radicals take over a Bar | p. 151 |
The Machine Politician Gets behind the Bar | p. 175 |
Carry Nation Wields a Hatchet in a Bar | p. 193 |
A Woman walks into a Speakeasy | p. 215 |
A French heel is hooked around a Bar's Brass Rail | p. 233 |
Joe McCarthy Storms into a Bar | p. 249 |
Change Strolls into the Bar | p. 265 |
Notes | p. 281 |
Bibliography | p. 289 |
Index | p. 299 |
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