Appetite for America How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West

Name: Appetite for America How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West
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ISBN: 9780553804379

ISBN-10: 0553804375

ISBN-13: 9780553804379

Edition: 2009

Authors: Stephen Fried

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The legendary life and entrepreneurial vision of Fred Harvey helped shape American culture and history for three generations-from the 1880s all the way through World War II-and still influence our lives today in surprising and fascinating ways. Now award-winning journalist Stephen Fried re-creates the life of this unlikely American hero, the founding father of the nationrs"s service industry, whose remarkable family business civilized the West and introduced America to Americans. Appetite for Americais the incredible real-life story of Fred Harvey-told in depth for the first time ever-as well as the story of this countryrs"s expansion into the Wild West of Bat Masterson and Billy the Kid,…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/23/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 544
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English



Prologue: Who the Hell is Fred Harvey?



Fred Discovers America (And Vice Versa), 1853-1901



Pot Walloper



The Last Train Stop in America



A Gentleman Among the Bleeding Kansans



Railroad Warrior



Opportunistic Sponge



Savage and Unnatural Feeding



They'll Try Anything



Suited to the Most Exigent or Epicurean Taste



Cowboy Victualer



Viva Las Vegas



We are in the Wilds, We are Not of Them



Harvey Girls



Like a House Afire



Acute Americanitis



Transcontinental Fred



Biting the Hand



The Biggest Catered Lunch in American History



Let The Boys Do it



Rough Ridden



The Clutches of the Grim Monster



Exceeding the Standard, 1901-1948



A Little Journey in the Wilderness



The Fred Harvey Indian Department



Tenth Legion



On the Very Brink of the Dizzy Gulp



Trainiacs



Kansas City Stars



National Parking



Daring Young Freddy & His Flying Machines



Soroptimistas



The Roar of the Twenties



Santa Fated



A Wonderful Live Toy to Play With



Poised for Takeoff



Ford Harvey Has a Cold



Freddy Spreads His Wings



Pay No Attention to that Crashing Sound



Loaves and Fishes



Heir Raising



Great Expectations



Tailspin



Kitty Blinks



Private Pringle to the Rescue



The Spies at La Fonda



Big Hollywood Ending


Epilogue



The Grand Tour of Fred Harvey's America



Meals




Fred Was Here: A Master List of Fred Harvey Locations


Acknowledgments& Outshouts


Freditor's Notes & Sources


Bibliography


Index