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Author Double, Bill, author.

Title Charles E. Hires and the drink that wowed a nation : the life and times of a Philadelphia entrepreneur / Bill Double
Published Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 248 pages) : illustrations
Contents Farm to pharmacy -- A rustic tea party -- Bubbly water begets an industry -- 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 30, 2018)
Subject Hires, Charles E., 1891-
Soft drink industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography
Businesspeople -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography
Pharmacists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography
Inventors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography
Soft drinks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Businesspeople
Inventors
Pharmacists
Soft drink industry
Soft drinks
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018009967
ISBN 9781439915929
143991592X