Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel His Master Distiller Nearest Green and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest
Thirteen of us met in November to talk about the book Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distille r Nearest Green and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest by Fawn Weaver. According to the book, “ As an enslaved man during the Civil War, Nearest Green befriended a young Jack Daniel and taught him how to make whiskey. As a free man aft er the war, Nearest became Jack Daniels Distillery’s Master Distill er. ” Alejandra kicked off the discussion with, “ Overall , I really like the story of Nearest Green. The most compelling part was when she went into the history of the town. It challenged her biases and challenged my biases a bout what a southern town would have looked like in Tennessee. And I appreciated that it..yeah I think that’s my overall recollection. I don’t particularly like her. She told me over and over again ...