Martini, Straight Up : The Classic American Cocktail /

Martini, Straight Up : The Classic American Cocktail / / Lowell Edmunds.

"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 do...

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Edmunds, Lowell,
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Edmunds, Lowell.
Edition:Revised edition.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxix, 153 pages) :; illustrations (some color)
Notes:
  • Originally published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 1998
  • Revised edition of: The silver bullet / Lowell Edmunds. 1981.
  • The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License
  • Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.
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Other title:The silver bullet
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 image the same ambiguities that characterize American life."--Jacket.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-145) and index.
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Lowell Edmunds.

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