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Charles E. Hires and the drink that wowed a nation : the life and times of a Philadelphia entrepreneur / Bill Double.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HD 9349 .S632 D68 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Double, Bill, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hires, Charles E., 1891-.
- Hires, Charles E.
- Soft drink industry--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.
- Soft drink industry.
- Businesspeople--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.
- Businesspeople.
- Pharmacists--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.
- Pharmacists.
- Inventors--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.
- Inventors.
- Soft drinks--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Soft drinks.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 248 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Charles E. Hires and the Drink that Wowed a Nation is the first biography of Charles Elmer Hires, a Philadelphia druggist who parlayed a home-brewed beverage into an iconic national brand -- Hires Root Beer -- and is recognized as a significant entrepreneur of America's Gilded Age."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Farm to pharmacy
- A rustic tea party
- Bubbly water begets an industry
- From sideline to main line
- Never wink in the dark
- Temperance trauma
- Twenty years too late?
- Milk and sugar
- Letting go.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Double, Bill. Charles E. Hires and the drink that wowed a nation.
- ISBN:
- 9781439915912
- 1439915911
- OCLC:
- 1005880304
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