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Publisher: United States Brewers' Association, 1911.
Hard Cover, 323 pages, 5.25 x 7.75.
Item #1367
» See also: First Edition of this title. This is the second edition of TEXT BOOK OF TRUE TEMPERANCE, published in 1911. The changes from the 1909 First Edition are desribed in the book's preface: "A great quantity of new material has been added, while some matter of doubtful pertinence or which had become out of date, has been dropped; and the value of the whole, it is hoped, is thereby much enhanced in this Second Edition." Description of First Edition: The U.S. Brewers' Association published this gem in 1909, "for all who love liberty too well to abuse it." What a great book! It's a wonderful showcase of the brewing industry's stance against Prohibition. Modern historians have often tried to answer the question, "Why didn't the brewing industry, with all it's money and influence, mount a stronger fight against Prohibition?" This book goes right to the heart of that question, and gives a snapshot of the brewers' propaganda just at the time when beermakers were waking up to the fact that their industry was in real trouble. The subject of beer in relation to temperance and Prohibition is examined in over 100 short chapters, among them: - Value of the Brewing Industry
- The Saloon and the Brewer
- Beer Good for Baseball Players
- Great Men As Moderate Drinkers
- Brewers As Patriots
- Lincoln on Intolerance
- Workmen Demand Beer
- Our Sober Nation
- Prohibition's Disastrous History
- Thrifty, Beer-Drinking Belgium
In sum, this book provides a colorful and entertaining outline of the brewing industry's case against Prohibition -- an aspect of American brewing history that has not been particularly well studied by later historians. And, as a collector's book, it is outstanding as well -- attractive, displayable, and rare.
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