Martini, Straight Up - The Classic American Cocktail (Paperback)


Originally published in 1998. From its contested origins in nineteenth-century California; through its popularity among the smart set of the 1930s, world leaders of the 1940s, and the men in the gray flannel suits of the 1950s; to its resurgence among today's retro-hipsters: Lowell Edmunds traces the history and cultural significance of the cocktail H. L. Mencken called "the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet."

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Originally published in 1998. From its contested origins in nineteenth-century California; through its popularity among the smart set of the 1930s, world leaders of the 1940s, and the men in the gray flannel suits of the 1950s; to its resurgence among today's retro-hipsters: Lowell Edmunds traces the history and cultural significance of the cocktail H. L. Mencken called "the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet."

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Imprint

Johns Hopkins University Press

Country of origin

United States

Release date

May 2020

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Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

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Dimensions

229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

200

ISBN-13

978-1-4214-3767-5

Barcode

9781421437675

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LSN

1-4214-3767-8



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