Eric Burns

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Eric Burns’ new book is The Spirits of America: A Social History of Alcohol. According to Burns, drinking is our “first national pastime.”

Music: Peter Cleighton with Blind john Davis “Moonshine Man Blues”
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