Martini, Straight Up: The Classic American Cocktail
- ISBN-10
- 1421437686
- ISBN-13
- 9781421437682
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 200
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-03-24
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- Lowell Edmunds
Description
Mencken called "the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet."
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