Martini, Straight Up

Lowell Edmunds

• 11 februari 1999
• 9780801859717

Samenvatting:

This account of the classic cocktail traces the history of the Martini back to its American origins in the 19th century. The author explores literary and dramatic works as well as newspapers and other documents, he finds in the Martini's image the same ambiguities that characterize American life.

Originally published in 1998. From its contested origins in nineteenth-century California; through its popularity among the smart set of the 1930s, world leaders of the 1940s, and the men in the gray flannel suits of the 1950s; to its resurgence among today's retro-hipsters: Lowell Edmunds traces the history and cultural significance of the cocktail H. L. Mencken called "the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet."