Charles E. Hires and the Drink That Wowed a Nation by Bill Double

Posted by on Jan 13, 2020 in | Comments Off on Charles E. Hires and the Drink That Wowed a Nation by Bill Double Charles E. Hires and the Drink That Wowed a Nation The Life and Times of a Philadelphia Entrepreneur by Bill Double Temple University Press, 228 pp, paper $24.95 Long before there was Coke, Pepsi or Dr. Pepper, there was root beer. American Indians flavored water with various roots, including those of sassafras trees. European Americans liked sassafras-flavored concoctions, and homebrewers added...
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