Martini, straight up : the classic American cocktail / Lowell Edmunds.
Martini, straight up : the classic American cocktail / Lowell Edmunds.
Martini, straight up : the classic American cocktail / Lowell Edmunds.
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Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N641.874/28
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxix, 153 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Time Line: The Martini Decade by Decade -- The Simple Messages of the Martini. Message 1. The Martini is American - it is not European, Asian, or African. Message 2. The Martini is urban and urbane - it is not rural or rustic. Message 3. The Martini is a high-status, not a low-status, drink. Message...
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Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
In this engaging look at the classic cocktail, Lowell Edmunds traces the history of the Martini back to its American origins in the nineteenth century. Exploring literary and dramatic works as well as newspapers, magazines, cartoons, bartenders' manuals, distillery brochures, and other documents of popular culture, Edmunds finds in the Martini's im...
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Martini, straight up : the classic American cocktail / Lowell Edmunds.
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Rev. ed of: The silver bullet / Lowell Edmunds. 1981.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-145) and index.
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N641.874/28
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74VvRxyGdNEZ
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ISBN
0801859719 (alk. paper)
9780801859717 (alk. paper)
DDC
641.874
MMS ID
991009244259702626
