DEVOTO, Bernard

[84] pp.

Houghton Mifflin Company

1951

First Printing

8 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Jacket design by William Barss

DeVoto on the cultural importance of the cocktail hour, and especially of the indigenous American products - bourbon, rye, and the dry martini.

This important book may well set out people on a new track- at the end of which lies tranquility of soul, newness of spirit, imprisoned in the violet twilight of each day- the cocktail hour.