On 2010-03-04 John L. Apodaca, Long Beach, CA wrote: I love this book and the detailed descriptions of the speakeasies and the drinks that were prominent in each bar. The drawings are also wonderful and fun for everyone to enjoy. I highly recommend the book to anyone who´s interested in the prohibition era, vintage cocktails an essential for cocktail enthusiasts. I run Daddy-O´s Martinis [...] and will highly endorse this book.
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John Apodaca. And summed up by saying Great Book and Resource. Currently The Speakeasies of 1932: Over 400 Drawings, Paintings and Photos (Applause Books) has an overall rating of 10 over 10.
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Glenn Young Books/Applause claimed Introduction by Pete Hamill.When Manhattan joints were hung out to dry, the Booze-oizie sniveled, then pirouetted on their stools to find reasonably palatable Speakeasy facsimiles. These Prohibition hangouts each had their own flavor, decorum, decor and formula for ducking the law. Each found its own alcoholic substratum: its own inimitable characters behind, at and under the bar.Fear not - all has not been lost to the repeal of the 18th Amendment, Starbucks corporate latte, and the wrecking ball. One intoxicating artifact remains, a book of lustrous vintage - Al Hirschfeld´s The Speakeasies of 1932, wherein Hirschfeld nails these dipsomaniacal outposts with his pen and brush in the manner of a dour Irish bartender sizing up a troublesome souse. Provided as well is the recipe for each of the speakeasy´s cocktail claim to fame. The resulting concoction is the perfect antidote to the Cappuccino Grande Malaise, a book that will make everyone yearn for a Manhattan, old fashioned, and straight up.´His comments are as swooping and witty as his lines.´- The New Yorker
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