The Complete Guide to Cigars Book

A useful book to give a read if you are interested in the hobby of cigar smoking, or even just the history of cigars.

As a cigar smoker a lot of the actual smoking related information wasn't new, things like how to cut and light the cigar, etiquette and such but I found the history of tobacco and cigars to be great.

The book really starts from the beginning with where the earliest known example of smoking tobacco comes from. It serves as a great timeline stretching beginning to more modern history centered around the Cuban Embargo to now.

The book also goes into great detail regarding the process of making cigars, how the tobacco is grown, harvested and cured and finally how it is scrutinized, grouped for purpose and eventually rolled by skilled and trained hands.

The end of the book consists of a glossary of numerous well known cigar bands as well as some older and possibly not so known ones. Its interesting to read about the history of some of the larger brands like Cohiba and Arturo Fuente but I found myself skipping over many of the lesser known brands especially those in Cuba.

All in all a great little book on the cheap to get some brief but broad insight into the history of this hobby.