Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt: The Complete History of Presidential Drinking
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- Synopsis
- In the more than two-hundred-year history of the American presidency, there has been one element present in each and every administration: alcohol.In the beginning, there was George Washington, who sold whiskey distilled at Mount Vernon and preferred to quaff a well-crafted port. More than two hundred years later, Barack Obama beckoned some master brewers to advise his White House staff on how to make mouth-watering batches of White House Honey Ale with a key ingredient from Michelle Obama's beehives.And then there was the matter of the forty-two other gentlemen in between...Journalist Mark Will-Weber strolls through our country's memorable moments--from the Founding Fathers to the days of Prohibition, from impeachment hearings to diplomatic negotiations--and the role that a good stiff drink played in them in his new book, Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt: The Complete History of Presidential Drinking.So grab a cocktail and turn the pages of Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt for a unique and entertaining look into the liquor cabinets and the beer refrigerators of the White House. Cheers!
- Copyright:
- 2014
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781621572435
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781621572107
- Publisher:
- Regnery History
- Date of Addition:
- 05/30/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Mark Will-Weber
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Cooking, Food and Wine, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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