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There was once a Tennessee whiskey that dwarfed Jack Daniel''s, and a powerful man was behind it: V.E. Manny Shwab. Until now, virtually nothing has been written about either. Their story is one of a Jewish Alsatian immigrant''s dream of finding community and prosperity in the New world; of smuggling during the Civil War; of the raging, sometimes fatal, battle against Prohibition; and of the wild side of rapidly growing Nashville during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Manny Shwab was a Tennessean known as the owner of Tennessee politics, and--because of his George Dickel company, saloons, and Cascade Whisky--the debaucherer of more young men than anyone else in the state. He was also one of Tennesee''s richest and most powerful men for four decades. This is the first full-length biography of V. E. Shwab, written by his great-grandson, and also the first complete history of the George Dickel company.

Manny Shwab and the George Dickel Company

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/23/2024
      ISBN13: 9781476692777, 978-1476692777
      ISBN10: 1476692777

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      Book Synopsis

      There was once a Tennessee whiskey that dwarfed Jack Daniel''s, and a powerful man was behind it: V.E. Manny Shwab. Until now, virtually nothing has been written about either. Their story is one of a Jewish Alsatian immigrant''s dream of finding community and prosperity in the New world; of smuggling during the Civil War; of the raging, sometimes fatal, battle against Prohibition; and of the wild side of rapidly growing Nashville during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

      Manny Shwab was a Tennessean known as the owner of Tennessee politics, and--because of his George Dickel company, saloons, and Cascade Whisky--the debaucherer of more young men than anyone else in the state. He was also one of Tennesee''s richest and most powerful men for four decades. This is the first full-length biography of V. E. Shwab, written by his great-grandson, and also the first complete history of the George Dickel company.

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