Gerald Carson (1899–1989)
Autor von The Social History of Bourbon
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Gerald Carson (1899-1989) was the author of several books of social history.
Werke von Gerald Carson
One for a Man, Two for a Horse: A Pictorial History, Grave and Comic, of Patent Medicines (1961) 19 Exemplare
The polite Americans; a wide-angle view of our more or less good manners over 300 years (1966) 10 Exemplare
The roguish world of Doctor Brinkley 3 Exemplare
One for Man, Two for a Horse 1 Exemplar
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A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Mitwirkender — 464 Exemplare
The American Heritage Cookbook and Illustrated History of American Eating & Drinking Part 1 — Mitwirkender — 8 Exemplare
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Carson, Gerald Hewes
- Geburtstag
- 1899
- Todestag
- 1989-12-04
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Carrollton, Illinois, USA
- Sterbeort
- Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA
- Ausbildung
- University of Illinois (BA, MA)
- Berufe
- historian
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- 13
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This is a lot of ground to cover, and the book ultimately falls of its own weight. It's at its best when it paints with broad strokes and tongue-in-cheek voice the wild claims of the health faddists of those times. However, the narrative is also disjointed, repetitive, and introduces far too much detail on the cereal industry; there are limits to how much one can care about minor variations in the recipes, trademark litigation over brand names which have mostly been extinct for the better part of a century, or how many boxes of cereal can be loaded into one boxcar.… (mehr)