Reject centenarian anecdotes as medical evidence215–216. Twain club-cellar story218 is expressly unverified. Julep rhetoric is cultural evidence.
Chapter-level paraphrase checked against the sequential September29 reading; the former single-sheet locator only identified a chapter opening.
Post–Civil War hospitality, literary association, advertising, political ritual, and the mint julep helped elevate bourbon from commodity to a symbol of American refinement.
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PDF sheet 215
Chapter 18 — The Zenith of Man’s Pleasure
2026-09-29: PDF sheets 215–224 (supplied303-sheet screenshot PDF; not print pagination). Verified as a representation of this source, not independent factual corroboration. Embedded fineprint gaps and overall source limits remain in LIT-277.
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