Introduction -- "Spiritous Liquors" -- Master of Mount Vernon -- "A Pretty Considerable Distillery" -- Big Whiskey -- Making George Washington's Whiskey -- George Washington on Alcohol -- The American Whiskey Trail -- Portfolio of Distillery Images -- Notes -- Index.
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Introduction -- "Spiritous Liquors" -- Master of Mount Vernon -- "A Pretty Considerable Distillery" -- Big Whiskey -- Making George Washington's Whiskey -- George Washington on Alcohol -- The American Whiskey Trail -- Portfolio of Distillery Images -- Notes -- Index.
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New. Size: 145x96x17; Flat signed by author on front end page. Hardcover and dust jacket. Fine binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by author. *
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New in new jacket. Scarce. New, unread copy in dust jacket. First printing. Hardcover. x+ 292 pp. with index. Illustrations. George Washinton's largely unknown and unexamined role as the entrepreneurial owner of one of the largest whisky distilleries in 18th century America forms the core of this detailed portrayal of the American whiskey industry. At tghe end of his second presidential term, his planation manager proposed a plan that he could not refuse; he invested in a stone still house and high-end distilling equipment. In a short while, whiskey production became the most profitable of his commercial ventures.