The authors introduce competing early distiller stories, describe Craig's claimed role, and acknowledge disagreement over the inventor and charred-barrel accounts. This records later public memory rather than contemporary evidence of invention.
Cameron M. Ludwick and Blair Thomas Hess, The State of Bourbon: Exploring the Spirit of Kentucky (Indiana University Press, 2018), physical PDF 23–24.
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Ludwick and Hess, State of Bourbon, PDF 23–24.
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The authors introduce competing early distiller stories, describe Craig's claimed role, and acknowledge disagreement over the inventor and charred-barrel accounts. This records later public memory rather than contemporary evidence of invention.