Brewing on Books: Baptists & Bootleggers

1034 E Montague Ave,North Charleston SC 29405

02 February, 2022

Description

Author Kathryn Smith joins us to discuss her new book about the history of Prohibition in the South Join us for a community discussion typically held on the Common Ground with Commonhouse Aleworks as part of our event series, Brewing on Books: A Community Book Club. This series will focus on local topics of interest for community members. For our February meeting, author Kathryn Smith joins us with an account of the South's unique role during Prohibition. During the author's talk, you can also partake in a one-off brew special from Commonhouse, inspired by a cocktail from the book! Books are available from Itinerant Literate:Baptists & Bootleggers: https://bit.ly/3GqELk8 About the BookPull up a barstool and get better acquainted with Carry Nation, Al Capone, George Remus, F. Scott Fitzgerald and a host of other historical personalities as you learn of the South’s unique role in the years 1920-1933 when alcohol was banned by the federal government. Baptists and Bootleggers: A Prohibition Expedition Through the South…with Cocktail Recipes takes you to major cities and small towns, all of which struggled between the Baptists and their teetotaling allies who preached temperance and the bootleggers who got rich providing what their customers couldn’t buy legally. Learn how to take your own Prohibition expedition through hotels, bars, speakeasies, museums and cemeteries, and sample some vintage cocktail recipes along the way. If you have ever thought history is boring, you’ll change your mind when you read this book. About the AuthorKathryn Smith writes about history from her home in Anderson, South Carolina, often bringing her husband, Leo, along on journeys to investigate historical sites and, in the case of this book, bars and distilleries. Previous books include Gertie: The Fabulous Life of Gertrude Sanford Legendre, Heiress, Explorer, Socialite Spy, which won the Benjamin Franklin Gold Award in biography from the Independent Book Publishers Association; and The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR, and the Partnership that Defined a Presidency, which was a finalist for the Southern Book Award in biography. She also co-authors the Missy LeHand Mystery Series with Kelly Durham. Kathryn had her first alcoholic drink, a frozen daquiri, while attending a Beta Club convention in high school; a friend smuggled in the blender in her suitcase. Her taste has improved since then. At Itinerant Literate, we offer new books and friendly recommendations on the go in Viola the bookmobile and seven days a week at the Bookstop, our flagship store in Park Circle. Visit the Bookstop for a curated variety of fiction, nonfiction, children's, young adult, graphic novels, comic books, cookbooks, and gift items. Find the bookmobile at breweries, restaurants, parks, and schools around town for your next literary discovery!