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)