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New Orleans-based writer Wayne Curtis is a contributing editor at Garden & Gun, Imbibe, and The Daily Beast, and a former contributing editor to The Atlantic magazine. He's also written for American Scholar, Yankee, Smithsonian, Saveur, the New York Times, Architect, Wall Street Journal, Sunset, enRoute, and American Archeology. His newest book is The Last Great Walk, an account of a remarkable 4,000-mile journey taken in 1909, and why it鈥檚 relevant today. His previous book was a cultural history of a loathsome intoxicant: And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in 10 Cocktails.

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	And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails 4.05 avg rating — 2,932 ratings — published 2006 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Great Walk: The True Story of a 1909 Walk from New York to San Francisco, and Why it MattersToday 3.79 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maine Off the Beaten Path by Wayne Curtis (欧宝娱乐 Author), Tom Seymour 3.81 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1992 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frommer's Portable Maine Coast 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Frommer's Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island: with Newfoundland & Labrador 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frommer's New England by Wayne Curtis (欧宝娱乐 Author), Herbert Bailey Livesey, Marie Morris 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“the world could be wonderfully exotic when viewed through the bottom of a cocktail glass.”
― Wayne Curtis, And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails

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“Captain Thomas Walduck in 1708 neatly summarized the development of the West Indies: 鈥淯pon all the new settlements the Spaniards make, the first thing they do is build a church, the first thing ye Dutch do upon a new colony is to build them a fort, but the first thing ye English do, be it in the most remote part of ye world, or amongst the most barbarous Indians, is to set up a tavern or drinking house.”
― Wayne Curtis, And a Bottle of Rum, Revised and Updated: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails

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“I took a fresh lime, added some Cura莽ao from Holland, a dash of Rock Candy Syrup, and a dollop of French Orgeat, for its subtle almond flavor. A generous amount of shaved ice and vigorous shaking by hand produced the marriage I was after. Half the lime shell went in for color [and] I stuck in a branch of fresh mint鈥�”
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