Ultimate Cigar Book (eBook)

4th Edition

Richard Carleton Hacker (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015 | Fourth Edition
431 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-63220-869-9 (ISBN)

Infos

First published in 1993, The Ultimate Cigar Book has become a classic in its field, and is generally credited with having helped launch the current cigar smoking craze. It has been reprinted numerous times in the United States, and is now sold worldwide. No other book contains as much detailed and factual information on virtually every facet of cigar making and cigar smoking. And now this trendsetting been has been revised in this fourth edition for the aficionado of the future!Forget 1492. This book starts out in B. C. (Before Columbus) and transports the cigar enthusiast on a fun and fact-filled adventure into virtually every realm of todays popular and growing cigar smoking pastime. Written by one of the most knowledgeable and internationally-celebrated pipe and cigar authors of our time, Richard Carleton Hackers well-known wit and wisdom will keep the reader enthralled with every turn of the page, as he takes you on an information-packed would tour of cigars. Starting off with a history of cigar smoking, the author then shows us how cigars are made today (handmade, handrolled, and machine made), divulges the secrets of finding the perfect cigar, and discusses the ritual of smoking and how to properly care for and store our cigars. From there the book lists a number of innovative cigar accessories, suggests which beers, wines, whiskeys, brandies, and cognacs go with what cigars, enlightens us with a chapter on cigar smoking celebrities, and concludes with the worlds first International Compendium of virtually every cigar brand known today, complete with histories and observations on taste, according to the authors HPH (Highly Prejudiced Hacker-Scale) ratings. If that was not enough, there is even a dictionary of CigarSpeak!The Ultimate Cigar Book is the most comprehensive, factual, and up-to-date book for the cigar smoker or for those who just want to learn more about the fascinating and popular world of cigar smoking.

Autor

Richard Carleton Hacker is one of the world’s foremost authorizes on the subjects of cigars and cigar smoking. Christened “The Cigar Czar” by the news media, he has written more than three hundred articles on the topic. Om 1994, he was knighted by the Internationales Tabakskoliegium in Germany for his numerous writings on the subject of tobacco. He lives in Sherman Oaks, California

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.6.2015
• Zusatzinfo: Color photos throughout
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
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• ISBN-10: 1-63220-869-5 / 1632208695
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63220-869-9 / 9781632208699