Early American Beverages

New York: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1966. Bonanza Books. Hardcover. Red cloth covered boards. Very good, in good dust wrapper. 171 pages. 28 x 22 cm. A extensive look into the importance of alcoholic and other beverages in early American life accompanied by recipes and history. A description of beverages in the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies along with chapters on Ale & Beer, Cider & Perry, Liqueurs and Cordials, Miscellaneous Mixed Drinks, Temperance Drinks, Medicinal Beverages, Wines, Early American Taverns, a Glossary and Bibliography. Illustrated throughout. Interior crisp and clean. Dust wrapper lightly soiled on rear cover.