Mapping the History of Booze in America
<p>From the Pilgrims (‘beer was their water’) to President Nixon (he ordered the Damascus airport bombed while bombed), drinking has played a longstanding and sometimes crucial role in American history. Susan Cheever, author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Drinking-America-Our-Secret-History/dp/1455513873/" target="_blank">Drinking in America: Our Secret History</a></i>, offers a diverting tour of the high points.</p>
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Susan Cheever is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, including, most recently, Drinking in America: Our Secret History, e.e. cummings: a life, and Louisa May Alcott: A Personal Biography.
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