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Grog - A Bottled History of Australia's First 30 Years (Paperback) Loot Price: R412
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Grog - A Bottled History of Australia's First 30 Years (Paperback): Tom Gilling

Grog - A Bottled History of Australia's First 30 Years (Paperback)

Tom Gilling

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The marines on the First Fleet refused to sail without it. Convicts risked their necks to get hold of it. Rum built a hospital and sparked a revolution, made fortunes and ruined lives. In a society with few luxuries, liquor was power. It played a crucial role, not just in the lives of individuals like James Squire - the London chicken thief who became Australia's first brewer - but in the transformation of a starving penal outpost into a prosperous trading port. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources, Grog offers an intoxicating look at the first decades of European settlement and explores the origins of Australia's fraught love affair with the hard stuff.

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Imprint: Hachette Australia
Country of origin: Australia
Release date: September 2016
Authors: Tom Gilling
Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 978-0-7336-3401-7
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Health, Home & Family > Cookery / food & drink etc > Beverages > Alcoholic beverages > General
Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Food & Drink > Beverages > Alcoholic beverages > General
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LSN: 0-7336-3401-X
Barcode: 9780733634017

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