Manny Shwab and the George Dickel Company

Whisky, Power and Politics During Nashville's Gilded Age

Clay Shwab (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2024
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9277-7 (ISBN)

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There was on’e a Tennessee whiskey that dwarfed Jack Daniel’s, and a powerful man behind it: V.E. ‘Manny"" Shwab. Until now, virtually nothing has been written about either. This is the first full-length biography of V.E. Shwab, written by his great-grandson. It is also the first complete history of the George Dickel company.

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.

Clay Shwab taught business management, senior thesis, and management in literature at Maryville College for 10 years after a business career at Whittle Communications, Snyder Communications and Edison Schools. He lives in Maryville, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Ridley Wills II

Foreword by Kay Baker Gaston

Preface

Introduction

1. Abraham, 1841–1857

2. Knoxville’s First Jewish Bride; Knoxville’s First Jewish Divorce

3. Parson Brownlow versus A. Schwab & Co.

4. Civil War

5. George A. Dickel & Co.

6. The Growing Temperance Movement

7. The Saga of Bell Nance

8. 1881–1889

9. Cascade Hollow and the Silver Dollar Saloon

10. Diversification and Family

11. Temperance and Law Enforcement: Captain Clack

12. The Tennessee Election, 1894

13. George Augustus Dickel, 1818–1894

14. Siblings

15. 1897–1898

16. Full Ownership of the Cascade Hollow Distillery

17. 1900–1905

18. The Southern Electric Company and “A Harmless Shooting Affair”

19. The Killing of a Senator on Union Street

20. 1909: The Largest Federal Seizure in History

21. Distilling, Prohibition, and Shifting Plans

22. That Reif Letter: Legislators Flee to Alabama

23. Manny and Boss Crump: Liquor by the Drink

24. Nashville’s Largest Office Buildings: Dueling Newspapers

25. The Final Game: U.S. Supreme Court: Shwab v. Doyle

Epilogue

Appendix

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.05.2024
Zusatzinfo	70 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	331 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-4766-9277-7 / 1476692777
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-9277-7 / 9781476692777
Zustand	Neuware