Bitter Brew

Fascinating account of the rise and fall of the St. Louis Busch family. As a local, it's interesting to see how one family dominated and shaped the city for nearly a century.
The book is accessible, juicy in tone, even when discussing the drier minutiae of the beer business. The only nit I would pick is that it is hard to slog through all of the different Augusts and Adolphuses (Adolphi?), but that is hardly the fault of the author.