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McIlhenny's gold : how a Louisiana family built the Tabasco empire / Jeffrey Rothfeder.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rothfeder, Jeffrey.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McIlhenny Co--History.
- McIlhenny Co.
- Hot pepper sauce industry--Louisiana--History.
- Hot pepper sauce industry.
- Tabasco sauce--Louisiana--History.
- Tabasco sauce.
- History.
- Louisiana.
- Physical Description:
- 251 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Collins, [2007]
- Summary:
- The absorbing story of how the McIlhenny Company--a secretive, island-dwelling family business that clings to tradition--launched one of the hottest products of all time.
- Contents:
- Tobasco road
- The forebears
- White hot
- E. McIlhenny's tabasco pepper sauce
- The business model
- Rough rider
- Great white father
- Fighting words
- Tango
- Nirvana
- Sic semper fidelis
- New Iberia connection
- Hot enough for you?
- The outsider
- The family business at 140.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-242) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780060721848
- 0060721847
- OCLC:
- 137331517
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