Donna Meredith interviews Clay Shwab, author of “Manny Shwab and the George Dickel Company: Whisky, Power and Politics During Nashville’s Gilded Age”

Book Summary Manny Shwab and the George Dickel Company: Whisky, Power and Politics During Nashville’s Gilded Age (McFarland 2024) There was once a Tennessee whiskey that dwarfed Jack Daniel’s, and a powerful man was behind it: V.E. “Manny” Shwab. Until now, virtually nothing has been written about either. Their story is one of a Jewish […]