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 | #1934826 in Books |  Johns Hopkins University Press |  2003-03-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.47 x6.00l,.60 | File type: PDF | 192 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A Book Worthy of the Drink|By Reader and Writer|The "Mythologies" of the martini.

In this age of mixology trendiness, there is a lot of poorly written and pompous stuff passing for "cocktail scholarship." This charming book blows them all away, and it deserves to be much better known.

After a hysterical Preface, which includes a death wish, Edmunds gives| ||Whether or not you take your martini as seriously as Lowell Edmunds, this is an admirable account of the drink's place in the American dream. (Justin Warshaw Times Literary Supplement)

|Edmunds seems to have unearthed every reference to the

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."

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Martini, Straight Up: The Classic American Cocktail   |  Lowell Edmunds. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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