The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

S1 E1

The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America — Season 1, Episode 1: Secrets & Sins

Documentary, Drama83 min1 season, 3 episodes7.5/10

Episode synopsis

Jack Daniel pioneers American whiskey; Adolphus Busch creates an iconic beer; Buck Duke innovates the modern cigarette; Julius Schmid skirts the law selling his new condoms…all while the temperance movement rises to battle against them.

About The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

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.

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