The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

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Overview

Divulges surprising origin stories of the American alcohol, gambling, sex, and tobacco industries and the ambitiously notorious entrepreneurs who built some of history's biggest fortunes on the nation's cravings.

Cast

James M. Reilly

August Busch

D

Delbert Hunt

Self - Narrator

Zach Meiser

Buck Duke

Bart Elliott

Julius Schmid

B

Barbara Hahn

Self - Author of Making Tobacco Bright

S

Sarah Milov

Self - Author of The Cigarette a Political History

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