Mitenbuler, Reid. Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America’s Whiskey. New York: Penguin Books, 2016.
Late, unsupported origin of the Elijah Craig inventor story
Reid Mitenbuler, Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America’s Whiskey (Penguin Books, 2016), supplied PDF sheets 48; ebook ISBN 9780698145405.
Reid Mitenbuler, Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America’s Whiskey (Penguin Books, 2016), supplied PDF sheets 48; ebook ISBN 9780698145405.
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Mitenbuler, Bourbon Empire, supplied PDF 48.
Chapter Three — Dark and Bloody Ground
Locator and quoted text visually verified against printed page 48 in the source PDF. September29 fresh audit: supplied PDF sheets 48, not print-edition index pagination. Source fidelity checked; independent factual corroboration remains separate.
American Whiskey History /
Icons, Innovators, and Rebels
Citation
Literature note: Myth, commerce, and the making of bourbon authenticity — Mitenbuler
What this supports
Late, unsupported origin of the Elijah Craig inventor story. See the claim and its qualifications: No contemporary evidence establishes Elijah Craig as the inventor of bourbon.
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