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Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents PROLOGUE 1. GEORGE WASHINGTON

THE WHISKEY REBELLION MOUNT VERNON WHISKEY MADEIRA MAN THE HESSIAN RUM THE (SOMETIMES) GALLOPING GOURMET MR. HARE’S PRIZED PORTER WASHINGTON’S “SMALL” BEER ELECTION LUBRICATION LAST CALL

2. JOHN ADAMS

CIDER HOUSE RULES THE PHILADELPHIA STORY BOOZING WITH BROADBRIMS HIGH-PRICED HOISTING RUM AND REVOLUTION ROAD TRIPS STOCKING UP PRESIDENTIAL KEG PARTY LAST CALL

3. THOMAS JEFFERSON

THE BANE OF WHISKEY WHAT WOULD TOM DRINK? TABLE TIPPLES MIND ON THE WINE THE DAMAGES GUY WALKS INTO A WINE AUCTION . . . LAST CALL

4. JAMES MADISON

WINE VS. WHISKEY THE HARVEST TIME HOP THE GREAT CHAMPAGNE EXPERIMENT THE HOUSE WINE POP STAR JOHN TODD’S TRANSGRESSIONS LAST CALL

5. JAMES MONROE

THE TRIALS OF THE TOAST WHAT A PAINE WHERE’S OUR WINE? THE “LIQUID FURNITURE” FUND THE PLANTATION TOUCH THE TROUBLE WITH TOMPKINS DOUBLE-FISTED

Chatham Artillery Punch Syllabub

LAST CALL

6. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

HARVARD DAYS JQA’S FANTASTIC FROLIC ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY THE ARTFUL DODGER CLASHING WITH CLAY THE TAZEWELL TOKAY TWEAK MY THREE SONS LAST CALL

7. ANDREW JACKSON

WHISKEY FOR PISTOLS TRASHING THE EXECUTIVE MANSION WILD YOUTH WINE TO THE WOUNDED THE BUMPKIN’S BEST JACKSON’S MOST FAMOUS TOAST THE HAIR-TRIGGER TEMPER LAST CALL

8. MARTIN VAN BUREN

THE KINDERHOOK KID STEPPING UP FOR OLD HICKORY VAN THE (TOP-SHELF) MAN THE SCHIEDAM CONNECTION SOME TALL ORDERS GOUT GUYS LAST CALL

9. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON

SON OF FALSTAFF WHISKEY AND THE FORT WAYNE TREATY TECUMSEH’S WINE QUIP WHISKEY’S WICKEDNESS A MAN OF MODERATION LOG CABINS AND HARD CIDER THE DISTILLERY SOLUTION LAST CALL

10. JOHN TYLER

CHAMPAGNE: “OUI” FRENCH CUISINE: “NON” THE WHISKEY LETTERS HENRY CLAY’S LATE-NIGHT GAMBIT PEACHY KEEN THE SNUB: TYLER’S “SILENT TOAST” THE PRINCETON DISASTER THE GOODBYE BASH LAST CALL

11. JAMES K. POLK

PASS THE BRANDY BOOZE FOR THE VOTERS DEFENDING “BIG DRUNK” THE BASKET OF BUBBLY BET POLK’S EXECUTIVE MANSION PARTIES BELLIGERENT BENTON THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER LAST CALL

12. ZACHARY TAYLOR

THE “FIRE WATER” FIRE THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT NEW ORLEANS COMES CALLING CROGHAN CARE WHEN THE SAINTS COME MARCHING IN NEXT TIME ORDER THE CHERRY WINE LAST CALL

13. MILLARD FILLMORE

NO DICE FOR VICE THE TEMPERANCE PLEDGE COMMODORE PERRY’S BROADSIDE OF BOOZE KEG ME THE COMPANY YOU KEEP FILLMORE GETS (SLIGHTLY) “FUDDLED” MAKING FUN OF FILLMORE LAST CALL

14. FRANKLIN PIERCE

BOWDOIN BOY BAD COMPANY THE WILLARD DRUNKEN THEATRICS PIERCE AND “THE PLEDGE” SOUTH OF THE BORDER FORNEY’S FORECAST AN INFAMOUS LINE LAST CALL

15. JAMES BUCHANAN

WELL TOASTED A SPIRITED VARIETY THE BUCHANAN BASH FORNEY’S REVELATIONS THE PROHIBITION PROBE OLD BUCK AND THE BEE DOWN AND GOUT LAST CALL

16. ABRAHAM LINCOLN

WEANED IN THE WILD TRADING SHOTS WITH “THE LITTLE GIANT” THE MISSING SATCHEL WAR AND WHISKEY SEASICK ASHORE LINCOLN’S LIGHT TOUCH AN AVALANCHE OF ALCOHOL WHAT THE “OTHER GUY” DRANK THE FINAL HOURS LAST CALL

17. ANDREW JOHNSON

VP ME! THE FORNEY FACTOR GRAVE REVIEWS THE WHISKEY PAPER TRAIL THE SWING (SWIG?) AROUND THE CIRCLE NOT SO PEACHY THE ACQUITTAL TOAST WHISKEY VICTIMS LAST CALL

18. ULYSSES S. GRANT

THE CHARACTER ASSASSINS THE MEDICINAL DEFENSE MY FRIEND SHERMAN LONELY DAZE THE VICKSBURG FIX THE NEW ORLEANS SLIP-UP THE SWING AROUND THE CIRCLE THE DONALDSON DIARIES EXECUTIVE MANSION WINE THE INDIA INCIDENT THE GENERAL’S DEMISE LAST CALL

19. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES

THE DAYS OF WINE AND RUSSIANS THE SIDEBOARD AND THE SALOON PUNCH AND COUNTER-PUNCH THE HIDDEN BOTTLE LAST CALL

20. JAMES GARFIELD

ROUGH START BEER BREAK DODGING THE DRINKING DART BOOZE VERSUS BULLET WOUNDS PRAYER, BLISS, AND DONALDSON’S WHISKEY PLEA FOR PORT PRE-REVEREND BURCHARD LAST CALL

21. CHESTER A. ARTHUR

THE WISE PORTRAIT THE INSIDE “SOAP” THE TEMPERANCE ATTACK IN WITH THE NEW—OUT WITH THE OLD THE JOCKEY CLUB MADEIRA A CONTRARY VIEW LAST CALL

22. GROVER CLEVELAND

RUM, ROMANISM, AND REBELLION BEER ME IN BUFFALO UNCLE JUMBO’S SECRET OP THE “FRANKIE” FACTOR THE TWAIN ASSESSMENT LAST CALL

23. BENJAMIN HARRISON

KING ALCOHOL VS. THE TITANS OF TEMPERANCE WHISKEY WARRIORS NO LOVE FOR HOOKERS WHISKEY WARMTH JOHN S. WISE WEIGHS IN CARNEGIE’S “CONGRESSIONAL” CARGO HARRISON’S ANCESTORS LAST CALL

24. WILLIAM MCKINLEY

WHAT’S IN A NAME? MODERATE MCKINLEY CARNEGIE’S SECRET CARGO CARRIE “THE HATCHET” NATION VS. BREWERY BILL MCKINLEY’S DELIGHT

McKinley’s Delight/Remember the Maine

THE ASSASSIN’S ELIXIR LAST CALL

25. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

THE SUNDAY SOLUTION: SEVENTEEN BEERS, ONE PRETZEL THE BRAWL-ROOM BLITZ SELF-DESCRIBED ASS THE “BIG STICK” STRIKES IRON ORE TR’S WHISKY LETTER THE MINT JULEP CAVEAT TENNIS AND POST-MATCH REFRESH-MINT TR’S MINT JULEPS AND THE TENNIS CABINET

TR’s Courtside Mint Juleps

BUTT’S REBUTTAL CHAMPAGNE-BUZZED BEARS STALK TR THE LION’S ROAR AND A FEW SIPS OF BRANDY HAT IN THE RING: TR’S GRAND GARNISH

Teddy Hat Cocktail: New Roosevelt Cocktail

LAST CALL

26. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

BIG BOOZER . . . OR BIG SNOOZER? ARCHIE BUTT WEIGHS IN THE GREAT CHAMPAGNE SWITCH NO-BRAWL BILL BRONX COCKTAILS IN ST. LOUIS INTOXICATING TROUT WHOA, NELLIE! ARCHIBALD BUTT’S EGGNOG EXTRAORDINAIRE THE BOURBON HALL OF FAME LAST CALL

27. WOODROW WILSON

WILSON—THAT’S ALL! CHAMPAGNE ON CHAIRS VOLSTEAD VETO SQUIRREL WHISKEY DRAWING THE LINE PEACE TALKS AND PROHIBITION WILSON’S WINE CELLAR LAST CALL

28. WARREN G. HARDING

THE BIG FOUR THE WHITE HOUSE SPEAKEASY THE FIRST LADY AS BARMAID THE CHINA SYNDROME TRADING SHOTS WITH THE UNIONS THE HARDING LEGACY BABES AND BOOZE LAST CALL

29. CALVIN COOLIDGE

JUST AN UNEXCITABLE BOY THE BARRISTER OF BREW PECKING ORDER REASONABLE DOUBT? THE TOKAY RUSE THE COOLIDGE COOLER

Coolidge Cooler

LAST CALL

30. HERBERT HOOVER

GONE, BABY, GONE HERBERT’S NOT-SO-FUNNY VALENTINE GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS A BRONX CHEER IN PHILLY H. L. MENCKEN’S BARBED-WIRE WORDS HERBERT’S MAIN BEEF JUNIOR GETS A “PEP TALK” A MARTINI WITH MOTHER MAGDALENA BELGIUM RELIEF LAST CALL

31. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT

FRANKLIN “SPIKE” ROOSEVELT FDR’S RUM SWIZZLE

Bermuda Rum Swizzles

BEER FOR ALL MIXOLOGIST-IN-CHIEF WHEN BRANDY PROVED HANDY THE BRITISH ARE COMING! LAST CALL

32. HARRY S. TRUMAN

WEATHER, WHISKEY, AND DIAMONDS THE FRENCH CONNECTION THE BOYS FROM BATTERY D TOASTING WITH “CACTUS JACK” A SOBERING SUMMONS A MORNING WALK WITH OLD GRAND-DAD STEEL, STRIKES, AND BOURBON TRAVELS WITH WINNIE THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM JOUSTING WITH MCCARTHY THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO TRUMAN THE MISSOURI MULE

Missouri Mule

LAST CALL

33. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

IRASCIBLE IKE? BATHTUB GIN SPECIAL KAY CHAMPAGNE—SPARKLE AND FLAT HOT DOGS AND BEER SCOTCH-LIKING IKE FIXING THE FEUD MAMIE’S MANHATTANS DIRTY POOL DR. SNYDER AND THE SECOND SCOTCH LAST CALL

34. JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

HERE IN CAMELOT JFK’S TRUE INTOXICANT NOT YOUR AVERAGE JOE THE JFK BEER TAX A STAKE THROUGH THE “DRY” HEART JFK SHAKES IT UP: THE CHAMPAGNE TWIST FLYING HIGH ON AIR FORCE ONE THE KENNEDY CURSE JACKIE’S DAIQUIRIS

Jackie’s Daiquiri

LAST CALL

35. LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON

DRINKIN’ AND DRIVIN’ IS SO MUCH FUN STEP IT UP THE THREE-SAM SLAM ALCOHOL AS A VOTING LUBRICANT JOHNSON IN CONTROL DR. LBJ: BOOZE, BEEFSTEAK, AND BABES THE JOHNSON TREATMENT WOULD YOU LAHK TA DANCE? LBJ’S SWITCHEROO LAST CALL

36. RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON

THIS WINE IS MINE MAOTAI MOMENTS BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE DRUNK DIALING LONDON CALLING THE CHINA TOAST THE CHINA (SLOSHED) SYNDROME THE ELUSIVE DR. K GOOD QUESTION MIXIN’ A NIXON

The Nixon

LAST CALL

37. GERALD FORD

THE MIGHTY MARTINI WHAT’S UP, DOC? PARDONS AND PEANUTS MISTER PEANUT PREVAILS DON’T SHOOT ME, I’M ONLY JERRY FORD BETTY FORD: TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS TABLE DANCER LAST CALL

38. JAMES EARL “JIMMY” CARTER

WAR ON THE MARTINI LUNCH CRAFT BREWERS ROCK ROSALYNN’S RULES BILLY BEER A “ROAD-IE” WITH MISS LILLIAN THE RUSSIAN FACTOR LAST CALL

39. RONALD REAGAN

THE GHOSTBUSTER BLUSH SINS OF THE FATHER THE SODA POP LESSON HAVE PUB, WILL TRAVEL THE RONALD REAGAN LOUNGE THE PUB PHOTO OP RUSSIANS AND VODKA

The Orange Blossom Special

REALLY SOURED ON THE IDEA TWENTY-ONE: IT’S NOT JUST FOR BLACKJACK ANYMORE GREAT SCOTT! DEBATING REAGAN ON THE DRINKING AGE TEARY-EYED TIP LAST CALL

40. GEORGE H. W. BUSH

DRINKING IN CHINA MAOTAI MOMENTS COLD BEER AND NICE BUNS QUAYLE HUNTING THE BUSHU-SURU INCIDENT LAST CALL

41. WILLIAM JEFFERSON “BILL” CLINTON

ROUGH START MY THREE BUDS PHOTO OPS SNAKEBITE WILLIE

The Snakebite

I SAW THE SIGN BILL BOLTS BILL? BORIS GETS HIS PIZZA LAST CALL

42. GEORGE W. BUSH

BULLDOG WHISKEY? THE “BUSH BASH” BACKFIRE TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN LOOK, MOM! NO HANDS! WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH NEVER SAY NEVER TOTALLY TRASHED THE EPIPHANY RUNNING FROM THE DEVIL BAD KARMA LAST CALL

43. BARACK OBAMA

NO ILLUSIONS THE BEER SUMMIT A PUB AND A PRESIDENT ADVANCE WORK, INDEED! BUILDING A PINT WRECKING A PINT OBAMA PAYS UP THE HOME-BREWER IN CHIEF THE KICKOFF HAVE BEER, WILL TRAVEL

White House Honey Ale White House Honey Porter

THE NIGHT-OWL MARTINI MAN LAST CALL

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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