And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails

And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails

One spirit, Ten cocktails, and Four Centuries of American History

And a Bottle of Rum tells the raucously entertaining story of America as seen through the bottom of a drinking glass. With a chapter fo…

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