Appetite for America: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time
by:
Stephen Fried (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780553383485 (0553383485)
ASIN: 553383485
Publish date: May 3rd 2011
Publisher: Bantam
Pages no: 544
Edition language: English
Englishman Fred Harvey can be thanked any time someone visits a Howard Johnson, Denny's or any other chain restaurant or hotel. Harvey's hotels and eateries, which sprung up in conjunction with the railroads from the Midwest to the Southwest, are the template on which all modern chains are run -- b...