Muse in the Bottle : Great Writers on the Joys of Drinking

This anthology celebrates the diverse pleasures of drinking in tales & toasts collected from some of our most well-known writers & poets as well as from folklore, philosophers, & the Bible. Here are such authors as Charles Dickens, H.L. Mencken, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Frank McCourt, Washington Irving, Ray Bradbury, & Mark Twain, writing in praise of drinking & touching on virtually every aspect of human experience: birth, death, loss, love, camaraderie, hunting, & traveling. From Henry Fielding's libertine Tom Jones to Lucius Beebe's A Drinker's Observations,Ó these worldly-wise pieces chronicle the human experience at its most heightened -- & entertaining. The stories collected here are the perfect drinking companion for anyone in a celebratory mood.ÓCoulombe, Charles A. is the author of 'Muse in the Bottle : Great Writers on the Joys of Drinking', published 2006 under ISBN 9781422352359 and ISBN 1422352358.