The silver bullet :
the martini in American civilization /
Lowell Edmunds.

Description

Main Author

Edmunds, Lowell

Related Names

Ellis, Deborah, illustrator.

Language(s)

English

Published

Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press, [1981]

Subjects

Martinis.
Drinking customs.
Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive.
Drinking customs > Drinking customs / United States > Drinking customs / United States / History.
Martinis.
United States.
History.

Summary

"Exploring books, newspapers, magazines, cartoons, bartender's manuals, distillery brochures, and other documents of popular culture, Edmunds traces our attraction to the Martini back to the drink's obscure origins in the nineteenth century."--Front flap of dust jacket.

Note

Navy blue cloth binding, with spine title stamped in silver. Color illustrated dust jacket.
Some recipes include wine or liquor as ingredients.
Illustrated by Deborah Ellis.

Physical Description

xviii, 149 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

ISBN

9780313222252
0313222258

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