Bibliograph

Bitter brew, the rise and fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's kings of beer, William Knoedelseder

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Label

Bitter brew, the rise and fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's kings of beer, William Knoedelseder

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-379) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

platesgenealogical tablesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bitter brew

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

802293666

Responsibility statement

William Knoedelseder

Sub title

the rise and fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's kings of beer

Summary

The creators of Budweiser and Michelob beers, the Anheuser-Busch company is one of the wealthiest, most colorful, and enduring family dynasties in the history of American commerce. In Bitter Brew, journalist William Knoedelseder tells the often scandalous saga of the rise and fall of the dysfunctional Busch family -- a tale of prosperity, profligacy, hubris, and the dark consequences of success that spans three centuries, from the open salvos of the Civil War to the present day

Table Of Contents

Busch family tree -- Prologue: "August is not feeling well" -- "Beer is back!" -- The alpha Busch -- "Being second isn't worth shit" -- "The man who saved the Cardinals" -- The magical beer kingdom -- The Prussian lieutenant -- The old man and the kid -- Gussie's last stand -- Choosing sides -- Camelot's end -- "We are at war" -- Rebirthing Bud -- "Tell me I'm a horse's ass" -- Warning sign -- "Do you know who I am?" -- "I probably feel worse about this than you do" -- "Hey, pal, you got a quarter?" -- Here comes the son -- "Way, way, way beyond Tiger Woods" -- "A bad apple at the top" -- The last watch -- "They didn't just drop out of the sky" -- Epilogue: An American dream

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