Title |
Appetite for America : : how visionary businessman Fred Harvey built a railroad hospitality empire that civilized the Wild West
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Names |
Fried, Stephen.
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Book Number |
DBC12822
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Biography of Englishman Fred Harvey (1835-1901), who overcame personal loss and chronic illness to grow his successful restaurant and hotel business along the expanding Santa Fe railroad. Discusses the later contributions of his family, including their Native American art exhibits and the construction of the El Tovar hotel at the Grand Canyon. Recipes included in appendix. Bestseller.
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Narrator |
Fischer, Pam.
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Local Subject |
Biography & Autobiography - BIO
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Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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History - History of the American West - HUSW
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Audience Notes |
Bestseller.
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Female narrator.
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LC Subject |
Restaurateurs - United States - Biography
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Cooking, American
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Railroads - West (U.S.) - History
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Downloadable books
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Biographies
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Nonfiction
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Talking books
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Call Number |
647.95092 B ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2010
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Publication Info |
Phoenix : Arizona State Braille and Talking Book Library 2010
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: 1st ed. New York : Bantam Books, c2010. 9780553804379
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