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Update on the Book

Posted by thomasmickey - September 23, 2021 - Uncategorized
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TweetI have good news to share. I am now reviewing the book manuscript. I plan to edit and rewrite. Not sure how long that will take me. The new working title is: Pabst Best Tonic: Selling Alcohol as Medicine.

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Level of Alcohol in Pabst Tonic

Posted by thomasmickey - December 6, 2020 - Uncategorized
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Writing a Couple More Chapters

Posted by thomasmickey - September 18, 2020 - Uncategorized
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TweetI am adding a couple of chapters to the book. For that I read several books on the history of beer. Another topic I tackled in the reading was the connection between health and beer. This meant a bit of history since many historians claim that we have records of beer dating back to the […]

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Have Good News

Posted by thomasmickey - February 22, 2020 - Uncategorized
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TweetIn November of 2019 Ohio University Press offered me a contract for my new book All about Flowers: James Vick’s Nineteeth Century Seed Company. So you can see that at the moment I am busy with work related to the release of this book. Ohio assures me the book will be out this Fall. Here […]

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Update on the Book

Posted by thomasmickey - September 9, 2018 - Beer, medicinal beverage, Milwaukee
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TweetCurrent Status of the Book This is to let you know that I hope to be back on track with the Pabst book this Fall. I am reading material that I might add to the book. Lots of great stuff to learn about as background. Great fun. I will keep you informed as I move […]

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The Book Is Alive and Well

Posted by thomasmickey - January 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
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TweetIt has been a long time since I wrote anything on this blog. I just want you to know that I am writing another book, so the Pabst Tonic book has taken a bit of a back seat at the moment. Down the line I certainly intend to publish the Pabst book. I think you […]

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Update on the Book

Posted by thomasmickey - May 7, 2016 - Book Update, Narrative nonfiction, Writing
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TweetIt has been a while since I have been here on this blog. I have completed the Pabst Tonic manuscript. It is, however, too short in word count for a traditional publisher. At the moment I do not know what I will do or what step I will take to come out with a book, […]

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Prospecus Sent to Publisher

Posted by thomasmickey - July 15, 2015 - Beer, Milwaukee, Narrative nonfiction, Writing
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TweetHappy news to report. Today I sent the University of Wisconsin Press a Prospectus on the book.  They have expressed interest in publishing the book. Now I just wait to see if the Press wants the full manuscript and illustrations. Will keep you posted on how things progress.

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New Book Details New England’s History of Beer Making

Posted by thomasmickey - February 9, 2015 - Beer, medicinal beverage, Uncategorized
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TweetI like to read about the history of beer. Recently I finished the book by Lauren Clark called Crafty Bastards: Beer in New England from the Mayflower to Modern Day. Since Colonial time in New England, people drank beer because it was a safe beverage and considered healthy. When A. Cressy Morrison, the Pabst Advertising Manager […]

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An Update on the book

Posted by thomasmickey - October 22, 2014 - advertising, medicinal beverage
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TweetThe last few weeks I have spent editing the ten chapters. This past week I decided on the number of illustrations and chose each of them.  They will give the reader a sense of the topic or issue I am writing about in a particular chapter. The captions will be finished soon. The most exciting […]

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