Drinking Boston
by Schorow, StephanieFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-10-31
Publisher(s): Union Park Pr
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Summary
From the Dark Ambiance and camaraderie of the Colonial taverns to the great saloon era of the turn of the century; from Prohibition-a period rife with social reform, class politics, and opportunism-to a trail of nightclub neon so bright, it was called the "Conga Belt," Drinking Boston pays tribute to the fascinating role alcohol has played throughout the city's history.
Author Biography
Stephanie Schorow serves up a remarkable cocktail representative of Boston's unique and intoxicating story: its spirit of invention, its hardscrabble politics, its mythology, and the city's never-ending battle between personal freedom and civic reform.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. 10 |
| Introduction: Recipe for a Drinking Town | p. 13 |
| Taverns in Old Boston: The Spirit of Revolution | p. 25 |
| Boston's Saloon History: Democracy on Tap | p. 45 |
| Prohibition | |
| Part I: So Long, John Barleycorn | p. 75 |
| Part II: Inside the Speakeasy | p. 91 |
| Part III: Gangsters and Do-Gooders | p. 103 |
| Part IV: John Barleycorn Lives | p. 123 |
| The Conga Belt: Nightclubs in Boston | p. 131 |
| Boston's Brewing Past | p. 157 |
| Neighborhood Bars: BostonÆs Home Away from Home | p. 171 |
| Revolution in a Cocktail Glass | p. 207 |
| Conclusion: The Mystery of the Ward Eight | p. 229 |
| A Glossary of Drinks, Cocktails, and Select Ingredients | p. 244 |
| Bibliography | p. 262 |
| Notes on Sources | p. 266 |
| Index | p. 274 |
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