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Bourbon whiskey is perhaps Kentuckys most distinctive product. Despite bourbons prominence in the social and economic life of the Bluegrass state, many myths and legends surround its origins. In Kentucky Bourbon, Henry C. Crowgey claims that distilled spirits and pioneer settlement went hand in hand; Isaac Shelby, the states first governor, was among Kentuckys pioneer distillers. Crowgey traces the drinks history from its beginnings as a cottage industry to steam-based commercial operations in the period just before the Civil War. From spirited camp meetings, to bourbons use as a medium of exchange for goods and services, to the industrys coming of age in the mid-nineteenth century, the story of Kentucky bourbon is a fascinating chapter in the states early history.About the AuthorHenry G. Crowgey was professor of history at University of North Carolina-Wilmington.
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Brand: University Press Of Kentucky
