Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt - Will-Weber, Mark
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Cheers! How Presidents Handle Their Liquor--or Not Discover the secret ingredient in American presidential history. From the whiskey distilled by George Washington to Prohibition-era cocktail parties at the White House to the little-known role of drink in nuclear weapons negotiations, alcohol has been at the center of the American presidency for more than two hundred years. Now journalist Mark Will-Weber weighs in with a thorough and fascinating exploration of the fraught relationships American presidents have had with their liquor. In Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt, you'll learn: How Honest…mehr

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Cheers! How Presidents Handle Their Liquor--or Not Discover the secret ingredient in American presidential history. From the whiskey distilled by George Washington to Prohibition-era cocktail parties at the White House to the little-known role of drink in nuclear weapons negotiations, alcohol has been at the center of the American presidency for more than two hundred years. Now journalist Mark Will-Weber weighs in with a thorough and fascinating exploration of the fraught relationships American presidents have had with their liquor. In Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt, you'll learn: How Honest Abe inclined toward temperance--but the slurred speech of his vice president helped spark America's first impeachment crisis Which American president (an Ivy League professor, no less) had his own namesake whiskey The teetotalers vs. the car-totallers among U.S. presidents The preferred presidential stemware: snifter or stein? Why Ike made gin in a bathtub Which president's expensive tastes in alcohol led him into bankruptcy The 4 Cs: Cointreau, claret, Campari, and cocktails Who in the White House abstained, imbibed, or overindulged during Prohibition >Grab your own favorite adult beverage and turn the pages for a unique peek into the White House liquor cabinets of yesteryear and today.
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A seasoned journalist and magazine editor, Mark Will-Weber is the author of two books in addition to numerous articles, such as his noted historical feature on the Battle of Antietam. Will-Weber is the great-grandson of the Civil War general J. K. Robison, who led the 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry during the end-game campaign leading up to Lee's surrender at Appomattox, and the grandson of Colonel Charles Isiah Faddis, who served in three wars (Mexican Border, World War I, and World War II), was awarded two Purple Hearts and also a Bronze Star, and served as a United States congressman from 1933 to 1942.