Author M. Diane McCormick.
Smart Talk: Author talks about Pa. pubs ‘where rabble-rousers and rum runners stirred up revolutions’
Taverns played a key role in some notable state and U.S. history
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Merideth Bucher
What do the American Revolution, the Whiskey Rebellion, and Prohibition have in common?
Pubs. In each historical event, the plans were hatched, and conspiracies formed, in a Pennsylvania pub.
Author M. Diane McCormick joins Smart Talk to discuss her book, Well-Behaved Taverns Seldom Make History: Pennsylvania Pubs Where Rabble-Rousers and Rum Runners Stirred Up Revolutions.
Key Points:
1:30 – Why write about taverns?
9:30 – The Whiskey Rebellion and the Jean Bonnet Tavern
17:06 – The City Tavern, Philadelphia