02514nam 2200589 a 450 991078955610332120230725031416.00-19-975293-11-283-13025-497866131302590-19-975316-4(CKB)2670000000093754(EBL)728739(OCoLC)732051960(SSID)ssj0000520852(PQKBManifestationID)12174252(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520852(PQKBWorkID)10514674(PQKB)10703624(MiAaPQ)EBC728739(Au-PeEL)EBL728739(CaPaEBR)ebr10476898(CaONFJC)MIL313025(EXLCZ)99267000000009375420100924d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerica walks into a bar[electronic resource] a spirited history of taverns and saloons, speakeasies and grog shops /Christine SismondoNew York Oxford University Press20111 online resource (333 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-932448-4 0-19-973495-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; PART I; PART II; PART III; Notes; Bibliography; IndexWhen 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 a certain assassination, they gathered in Surratt Tavern. In America Walks into a Bar, Christine Sismondo recounts the rich and fascinating history of an institution often reviled, yet always central to American life. She traces the tavern from England to New England, showing how even the Puritans valued ""a good BBars (Drinking establishments)United StatesHistoryDrinking customsUnited StatesHistoryBars (Drinking establishments)History.Drinking customsHistory.394.1/30973Sismondo Christine1563384MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789556103321America walks into a bar3831760UNINA