Cocked and Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution by Barbier, Brooke
Cocked and Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution by Barbier, Brooke

Cocked and Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution

America's founding generation drank a staggering amount of alcohol by today's standards. It influenced their politics, built...
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Author: Brooke Barbier
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Language: English
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Cocked and Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution by Barbier, Brooke

Cocked and Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution

$35.98
Cocked and Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution by Barbier, Brooke

Cocked and Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution

$35.98
Author: Brooke Barbier
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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America's founding generation drank a staggering amount of alcohol by today's standards.

It influenced their politics, built and sustained their relationships, and drove the economy. Booze was not a small part of colonial society, nor covertly consumed in private spaces--it was integral to American life.

Historians have been reluctant to discuss the influence of alcohol on the founding of the United States, but it is necessary if we want to gain a full picture of the movement--it's time to reveal the drunken side of the American Revolution.

In Cocked and Boozy--two of Benjamin Franklin's two hundred terms for drunkenness--public historian Brooke Barbier examines the role that alcohol played in spurring, binding, and winning the American Revolution and how it shaped the nascent United States. Every chapter concludes with an eighteenth-century cocktail recipe made for modern tastes, so readers can participate in their own historic tippling.

The intoxicating story begins in 1763 after the end of the French and Indian War and spans until 1800, with the presidential election of Thomas Jefferson. During these nearly four decades, Americans witnessed unprecedented disorder and prodigious growth, and through it all--powering it, in fact--was alcohol. Put simply, drink helped transform British subjects into Americans.



Author: Brooke Barbier
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 06/09/2026
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781641606998


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/06/2026
Booklist 05/01/2026

About the Author
Brooke Barbier is a public historian who received her PhD in American history from Boston College. In 2013, she founded Ye Olde Tavern Tours, a popular outing that takes guests into historic sites and taverns to learn about Boston's revolutionary and drunken history. She is the author of Boston in the American Revolution: A Town Versus an Empire and the award-winning King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father. She is nationally recognized as an expert on the American Revolution, speaking throughout the country and contributing historic insight to diverse media outlets.
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