Nelson's Blood The Story Of Naval Rum Captain James Pack

Nelson's Blood - The Story of Naval Rum, by Captain James Pack OBE RN. This was first published in 1983 and this edition was published in 1995 by Alan Sutton Publishing Limited. This edition includes a foreword by Admiral of The Fleet the Lord Lewin.

Chapters include:

Old Grogam (1655-1763)

A Question of Beer or Rum (1763-1793)

Grog Alias Nelson's Blood (1793-1824)

There Shall be Allowed Half a Gill of Spirit (1824-1850)

The Halcyon Years of Grog (1850-1918)

The End of a Tradition (1918-1970)

Requiem

The American Connection

The Daily Ritual

Rum Ruses

Pot-Pourri

Appendices:

The Purchase of Rum by the Royal Navy 1888

Beer in the Royal Navy

The Cooper and His Art

Dutch and French Navies

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