Taverns And Drinking In Early America
By (author): "Sharon V. Salinger"
ISBN0801868785
ISBN139780801868788
AsinTaverns And Drinking In Early America
Original titleTaverns and Drinking in Early America
American colonists knew just two types of public buildings, churches and taverns - and drinking houses far outnumbered places of worship. At a time when drinking water supposedly endangered one's health, colonists of every rank, age, race and gender drank often and in quantity. Sharon V. Salinger offers a study of public houses and drinking throughout the mainland British colonies