{"product_id":"9781501353277","title":"Gin","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Shonna Milliken Humphrey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGin tastes like Christmas to some and rotten pine chips to others, but nearly everyone familiar with the spirit holds immediate gin nostalgia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough early medical textbooks treated it as a healing agent, early alchemists (as well as their critics) claimed gin's base was a path to immortality-and also Satan's tool. In more recent times, the gin trade consolidated the commercial and political power of nations and prompted a social campaign against women. Gin has been used successfully as a defense for murder; blamed for massive unrest in 18th-century England; and advertised for as an abortifacient. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom its harshest proto-gin distillation days to the current smooth craft models, gin plays a powerful cultural role in film, music, and literature-one that is arguably older, broader, and more complex than any other spirit. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this expansive volume, Shonna Milliken Humphrey traces the history of gin, exploring the ways it’s been imbibed and the other uses it’s had throughout human history — some of which may surprise you.” - \u003ci\u003eInside Hook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The book is far from a staid account – strange history, trivia, recipes and anecdotes abound, and Humphrey weaves autobiographical episodes throughout, making for an engaging read.” —\u003ci\u003ePortland Press Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I loved this book even more than I love gin, which is saying a lot. William Blake found a world in a grain of sand, but here\u003cbr\u003eShonna Milliken Humphrey finds the whole universe in a juniper berry. By turns erudite and hilarious, thoughtful and provocative, Shonna shows us the history of the spirit, and-at times-her own heart. One of the most delightful books I've ever read.” —\u003ci\u003eJennifer Finney Boylan, Author of Good Boy and She's Not There\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781501353277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40716047220942,"sku":"9781501353277","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_dce1bd98-1e7f-4620-8a98-b2f40fc8fa8a.jpg?v=1640929678","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781501353277","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}