Jane The Whiskey Salesman

Drunks, whores, bars, fights, crime, violence - all terms that come to mind when you talk about whiskey in taverns along the 1950's Mississippi River.Mary Jane Rounds was in need of a more exciting and better paying job, so she gathered up her entrepreneurial spirit, packed her limited knowledge of the whiskey business and got a job selling whiskey and other alcoholic beverages to the gritty bars along the Mississippi River in St. Louis Missouri.Follow the stories of her experiences with the bars, patrons, owners, and male competition as she became "Jane, the Whiskey Salesman."

Mary Jane Rounds was born in 1919 and died in 1992. She was born to wealth and when the depression arrived, was forced to make her way in the world. As a born entrepreneur and ＂hustler,＂ she migrated to the whiskey business which stemmed from her grandfather’s ownership of McCormick distilleries in Weston Missouri. She will always hold the distinction of being the first woman ever to sell whiskey to the bars along the Mississippi river. This book, written by her between 1957 and 1960 is a condensation of some of her experiences as ＂Jane, the Whiskey Salesman.＂