American History, Seen Through A Shot Glass
Submitted by naraa_33431208 on September 18, 2011
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American History, Seen Through A Shot Glass
When you order a couple of beers at your neighborhood bar, you're not just having a drink, you're taking part in a grand old tradition stretching back to the birth of our nation and beyond.
When the first British colonists began to wash up on our shores, the very first thing they built was usually a tavern.
"It sounds absurd, doesn't it," author Christine Sismondo tells weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz. "But it kind of served as the initial infrastructure while everyone was waiting for everything to be built properly, and it just wound up being all things to all people."
Sismondo is the author of the new book, America Walks Into a...
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