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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780520062245
- Book Title
- History of Wine in America : from the Beginnings to Prohibition
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Item Length
- 9.8 in
- Publication Year
- 1989
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Cooking
- Topic
- Beverages / Alcoholic / General, Beverages / Alcoholic / Wine, History
- Item Weight
- 51.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 7.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 553 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520062248
ISBN-13
9780520062245
eBay Product ID (ePID)
547681
Product Key Features
Book Title
History of Wine in America : from the Beginnings to Prohibition
Number of Pages
553 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Beverages / Alcoholic / General, Beverages / Alcoholic / Wine, History
Publication Year
1989
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Cooking
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
51.3 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
7.9 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
88-010798
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
19
Dewey Decimal
663/.2/00973
Synopsis
The Vikings called North America "Vinland," the land of wine. Giovanni de Verrazzano, the Italian explorer who first described the grapes of the New World, was sure that "they would yield excellent wines." And when the English settlers found grapes growing so thickly that they covered the ground down to the very seashore, they concluded that "in all the world the like abundance is not to be found." Thus, from the very beginning the promise of America was, in part, the alluring promise of wine. How that promise was repeatedly baffled, how its realization was gradually begun, and how at last it has been triumphantly fulfilled is the story told in this book. It is a story that touches on nearly every section of the United States and includes the whole range of American society from the founders to the latest immigrants. Germans in Pennsylvania, Swiss in Georgia, Minorcans in Florida, Italians in Arkansas, French in Kansas, Chinese in California--all contributed to the domestication of Bacchus in the New World. So too did innumerable individuals, institutions, and organizations. Prominent politicians, obscure farmers, eager amateurs, sober scientists: these and all the other kinds and conditions of American men and women figure in the story. The history of wine in America is, in many ways, the history of American origins and of American enterprise in microcosm. While much of that history has been lost to sight, especially after Prohibition, the recovery of the record has been the goal of many investigators over the years, and the results are here brought together for the first time.
LC Classification Number
TP557.P56 1989
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- u***s (266)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseCD was shipped quickly and very well packed, and seller's communication was prompt and friendly. CD was described as "new," but was actually "like new," since there was no factory wrapping and the case was scratched with a bit of wear and tear. However, the disc and inserts were mint/like new, which is all that matters to me.
- r***t (568)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseRare, signed, first edition, excellently priced arrived expertly packaged, safe and sound and exactly as described. Well done! Bravo! Take a bow! A world-class eBay seller!Sherlock, New Hardcover Book SIGNED by Otto Penzler 80 Stories Sherlock Holmes (#266389790502)
- 4***n (15)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseItem was listed as NEW but arrived in a smashed jewelcase (which fell apart) and more importantly, not factory-sealed. The seller contacted me immediately after purchase to say that it was not factory-sealed, asking "if that was OK." This is tantamount to an admission--without being explicit--that the listing as NEW was fraudulent. When I contacted seller after receiving the item, the seller said that I could return it (presumably at my own expense). This is simply unacceptable.