title: Shake 'Em Up!: A Practical Handbook of Polite Drinking
author: Virginia Elliott
description: <div>"This witty drinking guide, originally published in 1930, is <B>packed with cocktail recipes and contrarian advice </B> ."<BR>&#151;<I>New York Times</I><BR><BR>"It is hilarious and unpretentious, and I&#8217;m talking <B>laugh-out-loud hilarious here, people </B>. . . . the introductions to the drinks, and the descriptions of the dinner party experience, that really make the day."<BR>&#151;FoodRiot</div>
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  # CONFESSIONS OF A NEW YORK TAXI DRIVER
  
  
  Eugene Salomon
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## [_Dedication_](toc.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  There are certain rides in which the rapport between passenger and driver is
  so great that the only way to bring the conversation to a proper conclusion is
  a handshake. I dedicate this book to every passenger who ever shook my hand at
  the end of the ride. Except the drunks. That doesn’t count.
  
  
  And to Harry Gongola, Doctor of Chiropractic, former NYC taxi driver and my
  very first passenger.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](dedication.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction: A Conversation With the Human Race](c1.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [1 The Wildest Ride](c6.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [2 Big City Crime](c12.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [3 Changes](c19.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [4 Celebrities](c22.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [5 Extreme behavior](c28.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [6 Fare Beaters](c35.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [7 Means of Exchange](c41.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  