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.
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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.