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Tonic Water AKA G&T WTF by Camper English

Note: This book is sold out! Some of the material is included in my book Doctors and Distillers, due out in July 2022! 

In the meantime, two books on tonic that I love are Just the Tonic [amazon][bookshop] and Something & Tonic [amazon][bookshop]

 

 

Tonic Water History BookThe extraordinary and hilarious history of one of the world's most popular cocktails!  

Tonic Water: AKA G&T WTF by Camper English.

This is a deeply researched but lighthearted look at the history of the Gin and Tonic from 1630 to today, including:

  • How a misunderstanding of disease led to the discovery of quinine. 
  • The history of carbonated water and where pig bladders come in.
  • How in Little House on the Prairie, “Ma” thinks you get malaria from eating watermelons.
  • How quinine was responsible for the invention of the color mauve.
  • Why the military threw cats out of airplanes on Borneo.
  • How Ginger Rogers' great-great-great grandfather made his fortune.
  • Perhaps the earliest print reference to the Gin & Tonic in India.
  • How the Spanish Gin & Tonic renaissance is due to ice machines.
  • Where Dr. Seuss fits in with the history of the drink. 

 

 

Sample Page of Tonic Water Book

The book contains 35 hand-drawn illustrations from one of the great artists of our time. Just kidding!  I drew them all so they're pretty terrible. Click on that page to pull up an illustration of a cat with a parachute. 

Tonic Water AKA G&T WTF is a short version of an ultra-epic book of the same history I hope to publish a couple years from now. Support your local tonic water historian!

 

 


Purchasing Info
 

Gin and Tonic Book by Camper English

Digital Version:

The book is available as an ebook on Amazon Kindle. It should be available for sale on all international Amazon sites as well. It costs $4.99 US and the equivalent in international currency. 

Get it on Amazon USA here, or on these international Amazon sites:  

UK  Germany  Spain  Netherlands  Japan  Brazil 

Canada  Mexico  Australia  India 

 

 

 

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