# \#writers

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## [Lucius Beebe - Cocktail Book Writer and Train Lover](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/lucius-beebe-cocktail-book-writer-and-train-lover/1018)

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**Author:** [@HHFizz](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/HHFizz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/lucius-beebe-cocktail-book-writer-and-train-lover/1018 "2025-04-21T19:26:42Z")

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Not sure if this is an appropriate place to post since he’s a writer and not a bar or bartender, but I always think it’s interesting how reading about cocktails can lead down random rabbit holes. I was looking into sourc…

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## [Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/harrys-abc-of-mixing-cocktails/459)

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**Author:** [@Splificator](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/Splificator)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/harrys-abc-of-mixing-cocktails/459 "2025-03-26T15:07:37Z")

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Taken collectively, the dozen editions of his ABC of Mixing Cocktails that Harry McElhone published between the early 1920s and the early 1950s are among the most influential cocktail books of all time. They mark the ear…

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## [Jerry Thomas, influence and plagiarism](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/jerry-thomas-influence-and-plagiarism/241)

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**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/jerry-thomas-influence-and-plagiarism/241 "2025-03-03T18:46:59Z")

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@Splificator has mentioned many times the degree to which Jerry Thomas’ book was simply recycled by subsequent authors—for decades—with little attempt to disguise the plagiarism. Here’s one example I cherry-picked becaus…

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## [Is Mencken's Martini quote as suspect as Parker's](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/is-menckens-martini-quote-as-suspect-as-parkers/752)

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**Author:** [@RobertSimonson](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/RobertSimonson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/is-menckens-martini-quote-as-suspect-as-parkers/752 "2024-11-28T00:05:04Z")

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## [Debating the Cocktail Canon](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/debating-the-cocktail-canon/91)

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**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\
**Replies:** 65\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/debating-the-cocktail-canon/91 "2024-10-24T18:43:40Z")

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A “canon” is supposed to be the collection of (mostly written) works that most influence and define a field. Usually that means the works of highest quality, but the most influential and discussed might not always be obj…