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23%OFFTom Gilling - Grog: A Bottled History of Australia's First 30 Years - 9780733634017 - V9780733634017
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Grog: A Bottled History of Australia's First 30 Years

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Description for Grog: A Bottled History of Australia's First 30 Years Paperback. The story of grog is the story of Australia. This is how it all began. Num Pages: 336 pages, 35 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL; HBTB; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 438.
The marines on the First Fleet refused to sail without it. Convicts risked their necks to get hold of it. Rum built a hospital and sparked a revolution, made fortunes and ruined lives. In a society with few luxuries, liquor was power. It played a crucial role, not just in the lives of individuals like James Squire - the London chicken thief who became Australia's first brewer - but in the transformation of a starving penal outpost into a prosperous trading port. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources, Grog offers an intoxicating ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hachette Australia
Condition
New
Signed by the author
;Yes
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Sydney, Australia
ISBN
9780733634017
SKU
V9780733634017
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10

About Tom Gilling
Tom Gilling is a respected journalist and acclaimed novelist whose books include THE SOOTERKIN, a New York Times Notable Book, DREAMLAND and SEVEN MILE BEACH.

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