Broadens industry history beyond master distillers and recognizes commercial infrastructure and minority entrepreneurship.
The relevant chapter begins at PDF page 137 and resumes after duplicated material at pages 276–280.
Entrepreneurs including the Shapira, Getz, Blum, Herbst, and Bernheim interests shaped American whiskey through finance, wholesale distribution, brand ownership, warehousing, and market development even when they did not personally distill.
Chapter 18, “‘Old Bernheim’ and Some Other Bourbon Names You’ll Never See”
Chapter 18, “‘Old Bernheim’ and Some Other Bourbon Names You’ll Never See”
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