Good Spirits: A New Look at Ol' Demon Alcohol
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Book Overview
Best known as The Contrary Farmer for the unconventional views he brings to agriculture, Ohio-based Logsdon proposes a simple program: cottage farmers grow grain to make whiskey or fuel, feed grain... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1890132667
ISBN13:9781890132668
Release Date:July 2000
Publisher:Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Length:205 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Twelve pack of wine coolers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Good Spirits by Gene Logsdon is a light, easy read, suitable for reading on rainy summer days while swinging on the front porch swing. Best served with cold wine coolers, inexpensive California Chablis, home-made beer and/or gin- & -lemonade.Gene Logsdon writes, "On the subject of alcohol, hypocrisy is the standard-bearer of public opinion in America.....More evil is done in the name of good than in any other fashion, because the goal of persuading people to act morally invites the idea that the end justifies the means." Lest there be any doubt, Gene Logsdon is strongly against the stigma attached to the (moderate) consumption and production of alcohol. Logsdon is a good story teller. The first chapter is an unsanitized version of American history that illustrates the origins of our schizophrenic policy on alcohol. The remaining 11 chapters are a mix of three fictionalized "true-life" stories and eight how-to manuals. Finally, this is not a hard core how-to book. Reading this book will not prepare you to run Seagram's out of business. However, it might give you the gumption to sneak a few jugs of cider into the garage when your wife isn't looking....for scientific experimentation, that is.
If you love bourbon and farming
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I found this a fascinating read. If you love a. bourbon and b. farming, like me, this is right up your alley. Great for a winter day before the fireplace.
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