These books will give you more information on cocktail mixing in general and bourbon and its history in particular. It is by no means an exhaustive list, but these are books we particularly like.
Broom, Dave. New American Bartender’s Handbook. San Diego: Thunder Bay, 2003.
DeGroff, Dale. The Craft of the Cocktail. New York: Clarkson Potter, 2002.
Herbst, Sharon Tyler, and Ron Herbst. The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide. New York: Broadway Books, 1998.
Minnick, Fred. Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey. Lincoln, NE: Potomac Books, 2013.
Nickell, Col. Joe. The Kentucky Mint Julep. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2003.
Perrine, Joy, and Susan Reigler. The Kentucky Bourbon Cocktail Book. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Poister, John J. The New American Bartender’s Guide. New York: New American Library, 1999.
Regan, Gary. The Joy of Mixology: The Consummate Guide to the Bartender’s Craft. New York: Clarkson Potter, 2003.
Reigler, Susan, and Michael Veach. The Bourbon Tasting Notebook. Morley, MO: Acclaim, 2015.
Schmid, Albert W. A. The Kentucky Bourbon Cookbook. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2010.
———. The Manhattan Cocktail: A Modern Guide to the Whiskey Classic. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
———. The Old Fashioned: An Essential Guide to the Original Whiskey Cocktail. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2013.
Thomas, Jerry. The Bar-tender’s Guide: How to Mix Drinks. 1887. Reprint, Seattle: CreateSpace, 2008.
Veach, Michael R. Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey: An American Heritage. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2013.
Wellmann, Molly. Handcrafted Cocktails: The Mixologist’s Guide to Classic Drinks for Morning, Noon & Night. Cincinnati: Betterway Home, 2013.
Williams, H. I. 3 Bottle Bar. New York: M. S. Mill, 1946.