Faces Along the Bar: Lore and Order in the Workingman's Saloon, 1870-1920

Author/Contributor(s):	Powers, Madelon
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Date:	06/01/1999
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

In this lively and engaging history, Madelon Powers recreates the daily life of the barroom, exploring what it was like to be a regular in the old-time saloon of pre-prohibition industrial America. Through an examination of saloongoers across America, her investigation offers a fascinating look at rich lore of the barroom--its many games, stories, songs, free lunch customs, and especially its elaborate system of drinking rituals that have been passed on for decades.

A free-pouring blend of astonishing facts, folklore and firsthand period observations. . . . It's the rich details that'll inspire the casual reader to drink deep from this tap of knowledge.--Don Waller, USA Today recommended reading

A surprise on every page.--Publishers Weekly

Here we get social history that appreciates the bar talk even while dissecting its marvelous rituals.--Library Journal, starred review

Careful scholarship with an anecdotal flair to please even the most sober of readers.--Nina C. Ayoub, Chronicle of Higher Education