September Book Club

The Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) will hold its next book club meeting on Tuesday, September 15 at 7 pm on Zoom. The September Book Club selection will be Cocked & Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution. In Cocked and Boozy―two of Benjamin Franklin’s 200 terms for drunkenness―public historian Brooke Barbier examines the role that alcohol played in spurring, binding, and winning the American Revolution and how it shaped the nascent United States.

The intoxicating story begins in 1763 after the end of the French and Indian War and spans until 1800, with the presidential election of Thomas Jefferson. During these nearly four decades, Americans witnessed unprecedented disorder and prodigious growth, and through it all―powering it, in fact―was alcohol.

Every chapter concludes with an eighteenth-century cocktail recipe made for modern tastes, so readers can participate in their own historic tippling.

There is no fee to join the book club and everyone is welcome! Participants should come ready to discuss the book. The Zoom link will be sent out the week of the meeting in the APT Tour Talk email. Non-members who wish to attend should contact APT Secretary Pam Covey [phillyguides@gmail.com](mailto:phillyguides@gmail.com) by 5 pm the day of the meeting to get the Zoom link.