1999, ISBN: 9780865475786

Kartoniert, 338 Seiten, 216mm x 140mm x 21mm, Sprache(n): eng The Potato tells the story of how a humble vegetable, once regarded as trash food, had as revolutionary an impact on Western … Más…

Kartoniert, 338 Seiten, 216mm x 140mm x 21mm, Sprache(n): eng The Potato tells the story of how a humble vegetable, once regarded as trash food, had as revolutionary an impact on Western history as the railroad or the automobile. Using Ireland, England, France, and the United States as examples, Larry Zuckerman shows how daily life from the 1770s until World War I would have been unrecognizable-perhaps impossible-without the potato, which functioned as fast food, famine insurance, fuel and labor saver, budget stretcher, and bank loan, as well as delicacy. Drawing on personal diaries, contemporaneous newspaper accounts, and other primary sources, this is popular social history at its liveliest and most illuminating.Larry Zuckerman, named for a Shakespearean actor because of crossed paths during World War II, has been blending drama with history ever since he took up writing at age fifteen. His first book, The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World, was excerpted in the New York Times and won an award in the United Kingdom. The Rape of Belgium: The Untold Story of World War I resulted from his lifelong passion for that tragic era, which inspired Lonely Are the Brave, his fiction debut. He has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition with Renée Montagne, delivered a keynote address at the 2009 World Potato Congress in Christchurch, New Zealand, and was a historical consultant for Hot Potatoes, an award-winning PBS documentary. A former at-home parent to two sons, now grown-another inspiration for Lonely Are the Brave-he lives in Seattle. Versandkostenfreie Lieferung, [PU: North Port Press]<

1999, ISBN: 0865475784

[EAN: 9780865475786], Neubuch, [PU: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3PL], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Potato tells the story of how a humble vegetable, on… Más…

[EAN: 9780865475786], Neubuch, [PU: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3PL], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Potato tells the story of how a humble vegetable, once regarded as trash food, had as revolutionary an impact on Western history as the railroad or the automobile. Using Ireland, England, France, and the United States as examples, Larry Zuckerman shows how daily life from the 1770s until World War I would have been unrecognizable-perhaps impossible-without the potato, which functioned as fast food, famine insurance, fuel and labor saver, budget stretcher, and bank loan, as well as delicacy. Drawing on personal diaries, contemporaneous newspaper accounts, and other primary sources, this is popular social history at its liveliest and most illuminating., Books<

1999, ISBN: 9780865475786

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[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3PL], Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Über den AutorrnrnLarry ZuckermanKlappentextThe Potato tells the story of how a humble vegetable, once regarded as trash food, had as revolutionary an impac, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Taschenbuch, 338, [GW: 408g], North Point Pbk., Banküberweisung, PayPal, [CT: Geschichte/Politik / Sonstiges - Geschichte/Politik]<