Carson, Gerald. The Social History of Bourbon: An Unhurried Account of Our Star-Spangled American Drink. Foreword by Mike Veach. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2010. Originally published 1963.
Western settlers converted surplus grain—especially corn—into durable, transportable spirits as production moved through river and frontier economies.
Gerald Carson, The Social History of Bourbon: An Unhurried Account of Our Star-Spangled American Drink (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky,2010; text originally1963), PDF sheets 40–47 (supplied303-sheet screenshot PDF; not print pagination).
Gerald Carson, The Social History of Bourbon: An Unhurried Account of Our Star-Spangled American Drink (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky,2010; text originally1963), PDF sheets 40–47 (supplied303-sheet screenshot PDF; not print pagination).
PDF sheet 47
PDF sheet 40
Carson, Social History of Bourbon, PDF sheets 40–47.
Chapter 3 — Bourbon’s Country Cousin
2026-09-29: corrected opening-only locator to the chapter-level paraphrase range. Carson44's blanket unaged-antebellum statement conflicts with six-year-old whiskey advertising discussed253 and1849 red whiskey letters216. Ready only for attributed representation of this source, not clearance of all historical claims.
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