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Whiskey Pike: A Bedtime Story for the Drinking Mankind.

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I read Whiskey Pike in bed before going to sleep one night. First, very dark, then hopeful/success and then tragedy/melancholy feel at the end. I will say that I believe the book is about much more than whiskey and distilling innovation. To me, Bowermaster was a dreamer and entrepreneur who did what most cannot. That is, execute a dream successfully into not only a successful, profitable business, but a career that a least for a time, brought happiness to his family and himself. However, as in life, sometimes circumstances, sheer luck and perhaps equally important, the consequences of past actions/habits/bad behavior come back to haunt a presumed happy path.

I'm no literary critic, but I did enjoy Mr. Phillip's use of the English language and for some reason a particular description of the moon as a "fingernail sliver" was very creative to me. Thank you Jeff Phillips. Whiskey Pike: A Bedtime Story for the Drinking Mankind. (Volume 1)

The pleasure of reading Whiskey Pike is due not entirely to the fact that it is unlike anything I've read before. Phillips has managed to navigate a space between adult and children's fiction-- creating what is, as described, "a bedtime story for adults." His language is descriptive and fluid, full of original metaphors and arresting descriptive passages of his characters and the environments in which they reside. The story itself manages to be both tongue-in-cheek and heartbreaking. Can't wait to see what comes next from this new author.

Not only have I read "Whiskey Pike" myself but I've also had the pleasure of experiencing the insightful author, Jeff Phillips, narrate this enjoyable bedtime story at a book reading. This fictional tale held my attention from beginning to end and developed my sentiment for each character. The language Phillips uses makes a perceivably dysfunctional family seem endearing. A quick read, this book is exactly as it is described: "A bedtime story for the drinking mankind." I would enjoy reading this book many more times, but next time I would make sure to have a glass of Jim Beam by my side.

Some relationships last out of a kind of weary stubbornness to hang on because what else can I do? Here swap offs of indulgences seem to keep this marriage secure. "Don't ask, don't tell" "Never let the left hand know what the right hand is doing" and "it's nobody's business" seem to be old Yankee values that Phillips uses to weave his mesmerizing tale of a couple who start with a simple still and become well off selling whiskey but using too much of their own product.A simple couple, "nuthin special", they work hard to develop a little innocent mooonshine operation into a viable legal product from a simple garden plot in subsistent level survival that they find a way to make it pay.It wouldn't provide enough food, but it would provide enough money to run a still.All the hardworking American values are here, but the unknown here is their own product. Characters are crystal clear, plain, simple folks and their seduction is fascinating.It could and does happen, tragically. Phillips kept me spellbound and I read it in one sitting.-Charles Berry

Jeff Phillips definitively has way with words. I enjoyed his creativity and story telling ability in this book. I couldn't put it down and finished it in one sitting! I can't wait for the next book that he writes!

Whiskey Pike is an intellectual gem, so captivating that you'll want another installment! Great for the bar regular, to share around the campfire, to give as gifts for your groomsmen or frat brothers, or to read with that special someone. Whiskey Pike truly is a unique and heart-wrenching tale of both family and passion, a great read that you'll want to share with your friends.

This story was a touching and poetic read. I was engaged by the relationships of these characters and found myself relating to the madness that "whiskey" can bring us too. Filled with great imagery, Phillips is an amazing writer and I can't wait for more!

A short tale that fits in back pocket and tickles the tail bone. Looking forward to more installments of bedtime stories---a lost art.

Whiskey Pike will transport your psyche to the Bowermaster homestead, where alcohol is more than a commodity- it's an existence. Through the entrancing storytelling of Jeff Phillips, the story channels the timeless yearning of the human to harness the land and the land to harness the human, through a powerful agent of humanity- whiskey! The reader is quickly consumed by the narratives of rustic fermentation, vivacious dialogue, and a do-it-yourself dreamer. Whiskey Pike is an analogue to your favorite beverage- chuggable and intoxicating!

It's as it states, a bed-time story. It's short and can be read in one night so it's fun that way. Not for children though as it deals with alcoholism etc.