Category: Historical Fiction Publisher: Writers Club Press
ISBN-10: 0595182976
Type: Fiction
Pages: 320
Copyright: June 3, 2001
Silas Cully is the barkeeper and manager of an 1850s stagecoach stop in rural Michigan. In this book, the reader becomes a customer at Silas' establishment being entertained and informed by the barkeeper's stories, jokes and memories. Period food and drink recipes abound.
Silas Cully's Tavern Tales at the Nineteenth Century through the eyes of a barkeep. Who else butthe local barkeeper could tell it all? Here is Silas - expounding againstCalifornia statehood, chiding ladies for entering his barroom, and tellingthe jokes and humorous stories that are hisstock nin trade. Authentic foodand drink reipes from 1850 taverns are also provided.
Excerpt
"Now don't worry, Ma'am about steppin' into a barroom. I'll keep a lookout for anyone from the Church Temperance League and I see 'em lookin' in here, I'll tell you to just duck down. You know, we NEVER get ladies in the barroom. We do get an occasional woman, if you get my drift."
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