Blowing Smoke: Being a Compendium of Amusing Anecdotes, Witty Ripostes, and Lengthy Literary Passages on the Glories of the Cigar

by Kevin Foley, Mary Foley

If you enjoy a fine cigar, you are in good company. For centuries, cigars have curled their aromatic smoke around the heads of poets and politicians, composers and curmudgeons and comedians. Mark Twain boasted he came into the world asking for a light. Winston Churchill included cigars in his formula for the good life. Will Rogers made them the measure of the country's needs—back when all the country really needed was a good five-cent cigar that didn't cost fifteen cents.

These stories and more are intertwined with facts, firsts, definitions, and literary passages in this amusing, exclusive selection of the world's great cigar lore. So light up, sit back, relax, and enjoy. You'll find Blowing Smoke is a good match for a fine cigar.

112 pages, Hardcover

First published October 2, 1997

About the author

Kevin Foley is a veteran voice actor with over 30 years in radio, television, and freelance performing. He has been recording for Books In Motion for over 15 years with over 80 titles to his credit, as well as working as a producer and editor with the company for several years. His voice has been heard on hundreds of regional and national radio and television commercials, industrial videos and training modules.