In a New York City jazz bar on the last night of 1937, watching a quartet because she couldn't afford to see the whole ensemble,
...Richard Foss chronicles the evolution of rum from a raw spirit concocted for slaves five hundred years ago, to a beverage savoured by connoisseurs. Rum: A Global History features recipes for sweet & savoury rum dishes, obscure but delicious rum drinks, & many unusual illustrations of rum memorabilia.