Gerald Carson (1899–1989)
Auteur van The Social History of Bourbon
Over de Auteur
Gerald Carson (1899-1989) was the author of several books of social history.
Werken van Gerald Carson
One for a Man, Two for a Horse: A Pictorial History, Grave and Comic, of Patent Medicines (1961) 19 exemplaren
The polite Americans; a wide-angle view of our more or less good manners over 300 years (1966) 10 exemplaren
The roguish world of Doctor Brinkley 3 exemplaren
One for Man, Two for a Horse 1 exemplaar
Gerelateerde werken
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Medewerker — 463 exemplaren
The American Heritage Cookbook and Illustrated History of American Eating & Drinking Part 1 — Medewerker — 8 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Officiƫle naam
- Carson, Gerald Hewes
- Geboortedatum
- 1899
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1989-12-04
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Carrollton, Illinois, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA
- Opleiding
- University of Illinois (BA, MA)
- Beroepen
- historian
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- Werken
- 14
- Ook door
- 3
- Leden
- 173
- Populariteit
- #123,688
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 13
- Talen
- 1
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.… (meer)