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The British Edition: Coming April 2008!

Rum: A Social and Sociable History

Paperback Original

Ian Williams

Imprint: Nation Books

Extent: 340 pages

Format: Paperback, 210 x 140mm

ISBN 13: 978-15602-5891-9

Price: £9.99

Publication: 1st April 2008

Rum: A Social and Sociable History

Paperback Original

Ian Williams

 340 pages

Format: Paperback, 210 x 140mm

ISBN 13: 978-15602-5891-9

Price: £9.99

Publication: 1st April 2008

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New York Rum Fest, (from left) Ian Williams , Mark Seddon

“Rambunctious, rollicking history, sodden with tasty lore.” - Kurkus Review

“If only high-school textbooks were written in the style of Ian Williams’s Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776.” - Washington Post

“Tracing rum’s run on the frontier, its run from the law in Prohibition and its contemporary incarnation in popular brands, Williams concocts a stimulating saga.” - Booklist

“Rum is an integral part of our heritage, and unless you read this book you may never appreciate the full impact distilled molasses had in the formation of the world in which we live.” - Gerard Heidgerken, Bilgemunky.com

The spirits of 1776
You thought it was all about tea? Nope, the American Revolution started because the colonists were desperate for rum. Yo ho ho! …

Rum and revolution have been associated together for centuries. Rum is “the global spirit with its warm beating heart in the Caribbean,” the one factor that is shared by all the cultures of the region, and enthusiastically drunk by the descendants of those who were enslaved to produce it…

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