THE SPIRITS OF AMERICA

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards. Fine, in near fine dust wrapper. 336 pages. 23 x 16.5 cm. An acclaimed broadcast journalist, Burns has written a witty and comprehensive history of America's complex affair with drink. Burns relates that drinking was "the first national pastime," and shows how it shaped American politics and culture from the earliest colonial days. Letter from the publisher to NPR/All Things Considered laid in. Interior, boards, and dust wrapper clean and crisp.