An earlier version of this article and excerpt first appeared in Wm Brown Magazine, Issue 19 (Autumn 2025). The version presented here has been revised, expanded, and edited. -SIG
IN MANY WAYS, my book CIGARS: A Biography—excerpted below—could be viewed as three books in one. Given its scale, that is perhaps unsurprising. The limited first edition, published in May 2025, comprised 416 pages and sold out by December; the slightly expanded standard edition (still avalable), released that October, grew to 424 pages.
More importantly,…

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