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Harper, William T.
About the author: Dr. Harper received his PhD from the University of Georgia. He is Associate Professor of history at Alabama State University in Montgomery.
1999 0-7734-8007-2This highly original monograph substantiates the industry's rise and contributions in an age when distilled beverages had much good to contribute to mankind and added to the power of the West to explore, to trade, and to conquer where others sickened and failed. Contains rich anecdotal material and contemporary observations that illuminate the subject from Tudor times to the mid-18th century. With illustrations.