Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Early Trailblazing: Explorers and Traders -- Chapter Two. Nuts and Bolts: From Grain to Liquid Gold -- Chapter Three. The Rush Is On: Pioneers and Settlements -- Chapter Four. Saloons: The Life, Breath, and Death in a Town -- Chapter Five. Calls of Eureka and Giddy-Up: The Mining and Cattle Influence -- Chapter Six. The Iron Horse: How It Connected the West -- Chapter Seven. Fast Forward: Whiskey in the Modern West -- Chapter Eight. Belly Up to the Bar: Cocktails of the West -- Appendix. Liquor Laws and the Old West -- Endnotes -- Index -- About the Authors.