{"product_id":"faces-along-the-bar-madelon-powers-9780226677699","title":"Faces Along the Bar: Lore and Order in the Workingman's Saloon, 1870-1920","description":"In this lively and engaging history, Madelon Powers recreates the daily life of the barroom, exploring what it was like to be a \"regular\" in the old-time saloon of pre-prohibition industrial America. Through an examination of saloongoers across America, her investigation offers a fascinating look at rich lore of the barroom--its many games, stories, songs, free lunch customs, and especially its elaborate system of drinking rituals that have been passed on for decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A free-pouring blend of astonishing facts, folklore and firsthand period observations. . . . It's the rich details that'll inspire the casual reader to drink deep from this tap of knowledge.\"--Don Waller, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e recommended reading \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A surprise on every page.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Here we get social history that appreciates the bar talk even while dissecting its marvelous rituals.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Careful scholarship with an anecdotal flair to please even the most sober of readers.\"--Nina C. Ayoub, \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Madelon Powers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226677699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226677699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.12w x 0.77d","brand":"Madelon Powers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056860623103,"sku":"9780226677699","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99639767-1328-4f55-b619-bd43219b13dc.jpg?v=1685043662","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/faces-along-the-bar-madelon-powers-9780226677699","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}