Supports both the integrated-institution claim and the need to separate historic George Dickel/Cascade identity from its simplified modern brand memory.
The introduction recovers Cascade's position before Jack Daniel's became the dominant shorthand for Tennessee whiskey.
Shwab presents Cascade Whisky as a predominant Tennessee sour-mash label by 1909 and uses contemporary reporting on its tax burden and national reputation to establish the enterprise's exceptional scale.
PDF sheet 22
Introduction
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