The great American ice cream book [Paperback]

Paul Dickson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 206 pages
• Publisher: Atheneum; 1st Atheneum paperback ed edition (1978)
• ISBN-10: 0689705727
• ISBN-13: 978-0689705724
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,019,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul Dickson is the author of more than 45 nonfiction books and hundreds of magazine articles. Although he has written on a variety of subjects from ice cream to kite flying to electronic warfare, he now concentrates on writing about the American language, baseball and 20th century history. His most recent titles include Drunk: The Definitive Drinker's Dictionary, The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, Sputnik: The Shock of the Century and Slang: A Topical Dictionary of Americanisms.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Soda Fountain and ice cream fun, July 25, 2010

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This review is from: The great American ice cream book (Paperback)

This 1973 book traces the history of ice cream from its roots to today. It features the early street vendors that sold ice cream including the Good Humor Man, and Eskimo Pie. It has the history of soda fountains and soda jerks. And it also has the lingo that soda jerks used, a dictionary of sorts, including such phrases as "City Juice" (water), "bucket of hail" (glass of ice", or a "George Eddy" (non-tipping customer). And then it has recipes for tons of great treats. Really a fun book for fans of old soda fountains. Its a big book at 206 pages, hardback with colorful dustjacket. I posted a picture of the jacket above.