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Mountain Dew: The History

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WOW !!! This book was long overdue. What a fascinating story of America's
third best selling soft drink. The book calls the story "a Hatfield and
McCoy feud of the braggin' rights to Mountain Dew" and now I understand
exactly what they mean. This could easily be the basis for "Oh Brother How Art Thou II".

A true story where the main characters were hard working, hard drinking bottlers ... but they are also some of the quirkiest, funniest hillbillies I've ever met.

The book is an extremely interesting read whether you care about Mountain Dew or not. I would recommend it to anyone. The story, Mountain Dew, could easily pass as one of the most entertaining case studies I've read. The book is very well researched, well documented and includes great old B/W pictures from the early years of bottling.

Oh yeah ... I also wanted to know more about how Pepsi markets Mountain Dew today. And I did. I learned all about Code Red, Livewire, Amp etc ... I even learned what happened to Mountain Dew Code Blue.

Overall, a great read !!!

This is a fascinating story, especially for those of us that live in the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina area. This book leaves no stone unturned in the search for the origin of what is now one of the most populat beverages in the U.S. Before Coke & Pepsi controlled most of the soft drink market, there were several regional bottlers in this area. This book is a great history lesson, as it brings you back to the time when drinks came in a bottle that you returned to the store, where there was often a cooler filled with ice cold water & the drinks were hung by their neck and you had to rearrange some of them to get to the flavor you wanted. Excellently researched, this is a fun read for just about anyone. It'll tickle your innards!

I bought this for my husband for Christmas this year (2011). I looked through it and it seems interesting. He's a big fan of mountain dew: t-shirts, bottles, books.

This is the second of Mr. B's tomes about Mountain Dew, not the distilled one, the carbonated one.
Mr. B's father was the fine individual who developed the formula for Mountain Dew, the carbonated one. The formula for the distilled one was being sorted out by the Hatfields and McCoys until they ran out of people, not Dew.

The first of this series was a comprehensive look at Mountain Dew Collectibles, a history through its Advertising. It hinted at a back story that had not yet been told and, you might say, whetted the thirst for another draw at the jug. And here it is: the complete History of The Dew from the days of it's creation at Tri-City Bottling Co. to the Pepsi Dew at your local supermarket.

Rarely are we afforded an opportunity to witness the past development, and secrets, of a world famous product from the inside, from the knowledge and perspective of those who created and developed this 65 year old drink. Even if you've never had a Mountain Dew, unlikely, or never collected anything except memories, it's still a great story and a good one to add to your collection, of memories or stories.

Mr. B is an excellent writer who never loses focus of his goal to inform, more than entertain. The subject, distilled or carbonated, has always been the entertainment. As a result we enjoy a crisp, clean prose that is an effortless read. This is partly due, I'm told, to excellent editing by a Kentucky babe on a Texas beach sipping a little Dew on Dew. As a warning: in the Moonshine Belt this is not considered a mixed drink but a propellant, guaranteed to edge your energy drink into the slow lane.

I think you'll enjoy the true story of Tennessee's legal version of Kentucky hooch. All due respect to the Tennessee moonshiners who may have missed Hazzard.

Thank's Mr. B for another excellent book. I look forward to the next. Oh, and give my regards to Dr. Enuf.

As a major collector of Mt Dew bottles and items, I was glad to see such a comprehensive account of the Mt Dew soft drink. Most of this history has been unknown until now. Dick has gone to great lengths to research and interview those who were involved with the formulation of this brand. The many pictures and personal accounts add to the overall enjoyment and add great interest to the reader. All three of Dick's Mt Dew books are a must have for anyone interested in Mt Dew or the post WWII development of the soft drink industry in general.

I bought this book for my husband for Christmas this year. (He hasn't opened it yet, so I can't tell you what he thinks of it) I briefly read parts of the book. It seemed to be very informative, but easy to understand. It contains a lot of pictures as well.

The ONLY negative thing I have to say about this book (and it even says this in the book itself) is that it is made to be an EBook first, and a paperback second. I didn't see this mentioned anywhere when I was purchasing the book, though I may have missed it. It has numerous pages that have pictures of videos that say "click here to play" and what not. I believe those pages really could have been left out of the book.

It still overall seems to be a nice book. Hopefully my husband will get a kick out of it, and enjoy it.

An excellent source of information on Mountain Dew and the history surrounding this much loved lemony citrus sugar and caffeine drink.