{"product_id":"historic-columbus-taverns-tom-betti-9781609496708","title":"Historic Columbus Taverns:: The Capital City's Most Storied Saloons","description":"One of the first buildings in Central Ohio in the 1790s was a tavern and 200 years later--Columbus as a foodie\" town shows renewed interest in discovering its historic \"liquid assets.\" Once historic taverns in frontier Columbus featured live bears chained to giant wheels, pumping water for travelers in need of a shower and giving new meaning to the term \"watering hole.\" Existing historic taverns in Columbus span from 1830s through the 1930s and still have little-known histories, stories, scandals, as well as, architectural fabric to explore. One is built on a still active graveyard; another is in the building of a former Pentecostal church. Several remain from the Irish and German migrations and survived Prohibition; one was the quintessential gentlemen's bar still with pool room that connected by underground tunnel to the Ohio Statehouse in a time of temperance. Another was both a tavern and a bordello for Union and Confederate officers (though on different nights). Set in the social and political historic context of a changing city, the taverns offer a chance to explore the city's history through its watering holes.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Betti, Doreen Uhas Sauer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609496701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609496708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Tom Betti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984588341503,"sku":"9781609496708","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2b7f70c-ea0b-4628-84be-5b980226c5da.jpg?v=1683273122","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/historic-columbus-taverns-tom-betti-9781609496708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}