Originally published in 1998. From its contested origins in nineteenth-century California; through its popularity among the smart set of the 1930s, world leaders of the 1940s, and the men in the gray flannel suits of the 1950s; to its resurgence among today's retro-hipsters: Lowell Edmunds traces the history and cultural significance of the cocktail H. L. Mencken called "e;the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet."e;
| ISBN: | 9781421437682 |
| Publication date: | 24th March 2020 |
| Author: | Edmunds, Lowell |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |