Mark Will-Weber
Auteur de The Quotable Runner: Great Moments of Wisdom, Inspiration, Wrongheadedness, and Humor
Œuvres de Mark Will-Weber
The Quotable Runner: Great Moments of Wisdom, Inspiration, Wrongheadedness, and Humor (1999) 44 exemplaires
Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt: The Complete History of Presidential Drinking (2014) 43 exemplaires
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Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt: The Complete… par Mark Will-Weber
I was hoping for a bit more from this book as it was not as entertaining as I was anticipating. However in chronological order we do get a brief rundown on each President and his drinking or non-drinking tendencies. No real surprises other than by and large most were light or moderate imbibers. A few hard core or low tolerance guys along the way. With all the pressures of the office one could not blame a guy for belting one back now and again.
This book was an easy read. Different than I had anticipated in this respect, I anticipated a book about presidential lushes, but this was really a history of the Presidency from a unique point of view - alcoholic drink. Whether brewing and distilling as a normal function of the presidential household, social drinking, how drink by others affected the presidency, presidential favorite libations or not, and yes descriptions of even those few that were lushes. The book was as entertaining as I could have wished for.… (plus d'informations)
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Membres
- 147
- Popularité
- #140,982
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 19