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Wayne Curtis

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born

October 07, 1957

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website

http://www.waynecurtis.com

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History, Travel

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June 2007

About this author

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After a decade of researching and writing travel guides, I ventured into sodden cultural history with "And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails." I have nearly recovered from the research.

I'm a freelance writer based chiefly in New Orleans. I'm a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly, and a contributing editor at Preservation. I've also written for American Scholar, Men's Journal, Yankee, Smithsonian, Saveur, the New York Times, Architect, Canadian Geographic, Wondertime, Continental, American Archeology, American Heritage, Executive Traveler, and Down East.

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Books by Wayne Curtis

Average rating: 3.92 · 336 ratings · 84 reviews · 8 distinct works

	And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails 3.93 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Maine Off the Beaten Path, 7th by Wayne Curtis (Goodreads Author), Tom Seymour 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Frommer's Portable Maine Coast 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001	My rating:
	Frommer's Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island: With Newfoundland & Labrador by Wayne Curtis (Goodreads Author), Barbara Radcliffe Rogers 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Frommer's Canada by Shawn Blore, Hilary Davidson (Goodreads Author), Herbert Bailey Livesey 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Frommer's New England 2003 by Wayne Curtis (Goodreads Author), Herbert Bailey Livesey, Marie Morris 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1997 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Vermont, New Hampshire & Maine 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Monkeys in a Looking Glass 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Frommer's New England 2000 by Frommer's, Wayne Curtis (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	Frommer's Portable Maine Coast by Paul Karr, Wayne Curtis (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003	My rating:

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And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails (History)

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Description: A brief excerpt from my history of rum, published by Crown in 2006 (and now out in paperback).

Wayne is Currently Reading

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Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile

by Taras Grescoe

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Groove Interrupted: Loss, Renewal, and the Music of New Orleans

by Keith Spera

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Apr 27, 2012 06:44am

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Upright: The Evolutionary Key to Becoming Human

by Craig Stanford

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Wayne added: Rum: A Global History by Richard Foss read in May, 2012	My rating:
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Wayne is currently reading: Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile by Taras Grescoe	My rating:
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Wayne is currently reading: Groove Interrupted: Loss, Renewal, and the Music of New Orleans by Keith Spera	My rating:
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Wayne gave to: The Frozen Water Trade: A True Story by Gavin Weightman read in April, 2012	My rating:
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Wayne gave to: The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet by Garrett Peck read in April, 2012	My rating:
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Wayne liked Chris's review of And a Bottle of Rum: " Similar to "Cod," except actually entertaining. "
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Wayne gave to: The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron (Goodreads Author) read in January, 2012	My rating:
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