The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game
Edward Achorn recounts the summer when baseball, beer, whiskey, immigrants, barkeeps, and rowdies converged around a wild pennant fight. This engaging sports history examines how the game grew beyond the ballpark and became deeply woven into American culture, offering a lively portrait of baseball’s rise as the national pastime.
About This Book
The Summer of Beer and Whiskey explores a vivid chapter in the history of baseball and American culture.
Edward Achorn brings together brewers, barkeeps, rowdies, and immigrants in a story shaped by the energy surrounding the sport.
At its center is a wild pennant fight and the broader question of how baseball became America’s game.
Blending sports history with social history, the book places the national pastime within the colorful world that helped define it.
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