The 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.
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
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
Print Copy: Shipping to US Addresses
Books are $10 each plus shipping and fees, which comes out to:
- $13 for 1 book with First Class US Mail shipping (*US addresses only*)
- $25 for 2 books sent Media Mail (sometimes takes a few days longer, also *US only* for now)
- $35.50 for 3 books sent Media Mail to US address
- $46.00 for 4 books sent Media Mail to US address
You can buy the book using PayPal below or by following this link to the Alcademics Square store. (Same price at both places.)