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A family history of smoking / Andrew Riemer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riemer, A. P., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Riemer, A. P.
- World War, 1939-1945--Hungary--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Austria--Vienna--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- A Family History of Smoking is a compelling memoir about two European families living through the last gasps of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. From great-grandfather David, who saw his family's fortunes decline with the gradual rise of anti-Semitism, to the ultra-modern, glamorous mother who held her family together through World War II, Andrew Riemer paints a beautiful portrait of a now vanished world that literally went up in smoke.Set against the backdrop of the tumult of early twentieth-century Europe, A Family History of Smoking is full of eccentric characters, literary anecdotes and historical drama, and is a moving tribute to a family, its strength and its stories.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- I: Up in Smoke
- II: Lakeside Idyll
- III: Fashion Statement
- IV: Cigarette Dreams
- Notes
- Picture Credits
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216).
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780522858938
- 0522858937
- OCLC:
- 1082256082
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