02540oam 2200601 a 450 991082549880332120240220181357.00-19-975293-11-283-13025-497866131302590-19-975316-4(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)99267000000009375420100924h20112011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerica walks into a bar a spirited history of taverns and saloons, speakeasies and grog shops /Christine SismondoNew York :Oxford University Press,2011.©20111 online resource (xv, 314 pages) illustrationsDescription 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 Christine1600579MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825498803321America walks into a bar3923737UNINA