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　　The legendary life and entrepreneurial vision of Fred Harvey

helped shape American culture and history for three

generations—from the 1880s all the way through World War II—and

still influence our lives today in surprising and fascinating ways.

Now award-winning journalist Stephen Fried re-creates the life of

this unlikely American hero, the founding father of the nation’s

service industry, whose remarkable family business civilized the

West and introduced America to Americans.

Appetite for America is the incredible real-life story of Fred

Harvey—told in depth for the first time ever—as well as the story

of this country’s expansion into the Wild West of Bat Masterson and

Billy the Kid, of the great days of the railroad, of a time when a

deal could still be made with a handshake and the United States was

still uniting. As a young immigrant, Fred Harvey worked his way up

from dishwasher to household name: He was Ray Kroc before

McDonald’s, J. Willard Marriott before Marriott Hotels, Howard

Schultz before Starbucks. His eating houses and hotels along the

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad (including historic lodges

still in use at the Grand Canyon) were patronized by princes,

presidents, and countless ordinary travelers looking for the best

cup of coffee in the country. Harvey’s staff of carefully screened

single young women—the celebrated Harvey Girls—were the country’s

first female workforce and became genuine Americana, even inspiring

an MGM musical starring Judy Garland.

With the verve and passion of Fred Harvey himself, Stephen Fried

tells the story of how this visionary built his business from a

single lunch counter into a family empire whose marketing and

innovations we still encounter in myriad ways. Inspiring,

instructive, and hugely entertaining, Appetite for America is

historical biography that is as richly rewarding as a slice of

fresh apple pie—and every bit as satisfying.

*With two photo inserts featuring over 75 images, and an appendix

with over fifty Fred Harvey recipes, most of them

never-before-published.--From the Hardcover edition.

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　　Stephen Fried is an award-winning investigative journalist and

essayist and an adjunct professor at Columbia University Graduate

School of Journalism. He is the author of Thing of Beauty: The

Tragedy of Supermodel Gia (the inspiration for the Emmy-winning

film Gia), Bitter Pills, The New Rabbi, and

Husbandry. A two-time winner of the National Magazine Award,

Fried has written frequently for Vanity Fair, GQ, The

Washington Post Magazine, Rolling Stone, Glamour, Ladies’ Home

Journal, and Philadelphia magazine. He lives in

Philadelphia with his wife, author Diane Ayres.--From the Hardcover

edition.

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The legendary life and entrepreneurial vision of Fred Harvey helped shape American culture and history for three generations—from the 1880s all the way through World War II—and still influence our lives today in surprising and fascinating ways. Now award-winning journalist Stephen Fried re-creates the life of this unlikely American hero, the founding father of the nation’s service industry, whose remarkable family business civilized the West and introduced America to Americans.

Appetite for America is the incredible real-life story of Fred Harvey—told in depth for the first time ever—as well as the story of this country’s expansion into the Wild West of Bat Masterson and Billy the Kid, of the great days of the railroad, of a time when a deal could still be made with a handshake and the United States was still uniting. As a young immigrant, Fred Harvey worked his way up from dishwasher to household name: He was Ray Kroc before McDonald’s, J. Willard Marriott before Marriott Hotels, Howard Schultz before Starbucks. His eating houses and hotels along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad (including historic lodges still in use at the Grand Canyon) were patronized by princes, presidents, and countless ordinary travelers looking for the best cup of coffee in the country. Harvey’s staff of carefully screened single young women—the celebrated Harvey Girls—were the country’s first female workforce and became genuine Americana, even inspiring an MGM musical starring Judy Garland.

With the verve and passion of Fred Harvey himself, Stephen Fried tells the story of how this visionary built his business from a single lunch counter into a family empire whose marketing and innovations we still encounter in myriad ways. Inspiring, instructive, and hugely entertaining, Appetite for America is historical biography that is as richly rewarding as a slice of fresh apple pie—and every bit as satisfying.

*With two photo inserts featuring over 75 images, and an appendix with over fifty Fred Harvey recipes, most of them never-before-published. --From the Hardcover edition.