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 look at the first decades of European settlement and explores the origins of Australia's fraught love affair with the hard stuff.
By:
Tom Gilling Imprint: Hachette Australia Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 156mm,
Width: 234mm,
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 444g ISBN:9780733634017 ISBN 10: 073363401X Pages: 352 Publication Date:27 September 2016 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
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.