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Penguin Press, Published 2020. Hardcover, 246 pp.; 22 cm; later printing. Illustrated with maps on endsheets.
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In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Red paper-over-board covers with red cloth spine, gilt lettering on the front board and spine. Mild edgewear to covers. Binding tight. Interior pages clean and unmarked. Pictorial dust jacket has mild surface wear. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Narrative account of Wright Thompson's friendship with Julian Van Winkle III, the third-generation custodian of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon -- the most sought-after whiskey in America. Thompson traces the Van Winkle family's bourbon heritage from the founding days of the original distillery through the difficult years after its sale, and the unexpected renaissance when barrels of the family whiskey were rediscovered and bottled to immediate acclaim. Woven throughout is Thompson's personal reflection on legacy, craft, and fatherhood. Endsheet maps trace Kentucky locations central to the story.