Christine Sismondo: 1 book
America Walks into a Bar
A Spirited History of Taverns and Saloons, Speakeasies and Grog Shops
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
When George Washington bade farewell to his officers, he did so in New York's Fraunces Tavern. When Andrew Jackson planned his defense of New Orleans against the British in 1815, he met Jean Lafitte in a grog shop. And when John Wilkes Booth plotted with his accomplices to carry out an assassination,...
