Title: Faces along the bar : lore and order in the workingman's saloon, 1870-1920 /
Authors: Powers, Madelon.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Bars (Drinking establishments) United States History; Bars (Drinking establishments) United States History; Drinking customs United States History; Drinking customs United States History; United States Social life and customs; United States Social life and customs
Abstract: The author explores the lives of regular saloongoers in cities such as New York, Chicago, New Orleans, and San Francisco, as well as smaller cities such as Sioux City, Shoshone, and Oakland, investigating the "games, stories, songs, free lunch customs, and especially its elaborate system of drinking rituals that have been passed on for decades."--Jacket.