American still life
Subtitle: the Jim Beam story and the making of the world's #1 bourbon
By: F. Paul Pacult, foreword by Frederick Booker Noe III.
Publisher: J. Wiley
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Beam family; James B. Beam Distilling Company; Whiskey industry -- Kentucky -- History; Liquor industry executives -- Kentucky -- Biography; Liquor industry executives -- Kentucky -- Genealogy; Kentucky -- Genealogy
Genres: Biography.; Genealogy.
Notes: Published simultaneously in Canada.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-231) and index.
Table of contents: title: The foundations; title: Jacob Beam : alcohol and immigrants and surviving in a harsh land; title: David Beam and pre-Civil War Kentucky; title: David M. Beam and the debris of war; title: The dynasty; title: Jim Beam and the making of a bourbon whiskey brand; title: Jere and Carl Beam : Jim Beam bourbon steps onto the world stage; title: Booker Noe : big man, small batch; title: The other Beams : behind every good bourbon whiskey; title: Finding a crown for the jewel; title: Appendices : the bourbon whiskeys of Jim Beam brands.