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Paperback Alcohol in the Writings of Herman Melville: The Ever-Devilish God of Grog Book

ISBN: 0786499605

ISBN13: 9780786499601

Alcohol in the Writings of Herman Melville: The Ever-Devilish God of Grog

In early to mid-19th century America, there were growing debates concerning the social acceptability of alcohol and its consumption. Temperance reformers publicly decried the evils of liquor, and America's greatest authors began to write works of temperance fiction, stories that urged Americans to refrain from imbibing.

Herman Melville was born in an era when drunkenness was part of daily life for American men but came of age at a time...

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