{"product_id":"drinking-in-america-susan-cheever-9781455513857","title":"Drinking in America: Our Secret History","description":"In \u003ci\u003eDrinking in America\u003c\/i\u003e, bestselling author Susan Cheever chronicles our national love affair with liquor, taking a long, thoughtful look at the way alcohol has changed our nation's history. This is the often-overlooked story of how alcohol has shaped American events and the American character from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seen through the lens of alcoholism, American history takes on a vibrancy and a tragedy missing from many earlier accounts. From the drunkenness of the Pilgrims to Prohibition hijinks, drinking has always been a cherished American custom: a way to celebrate and a way to grieve and a way to take the edge off. At many pivotal points in our history-the illegal \u003ci\u003eMayflower\u003c\/i\u003e landing at Cape Cod, the enslavement of African Americans, the McCarthy witch hunts, and the Kennedy assassination, to name only a few-alcohol has acted as a catalyst. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Some nations drink more than we do, some drink less, but no other nation has been the drunkest in the world as America was in the 1830s only to outlaw drinking entirely a hundred years later. Both a lively history and an unflinching cultural investigation, \u003ci\u003eDrinking in America\u003c\/i\u003e unveils the volatile ambivalence within one nation's tumultuous affair with alcohol.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Cheever\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1455513857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781455513857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Twelve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Susan Cheever","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44170047258879,"sku":"9781455513857","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_24bc0a7b-748f-45af-a4cf-06869bf9a57a.jpg?v=1689656496","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/drinking-in-america-susan-cheever-9781455513857","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}