Coffee, Society, and Power in Latin America |
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| Editor:
| Roseberry, William
Gudmundson, Lowell
Kutschbach, Mario Samper |
| Series title: | Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-4887-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1995 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.00 |
Book Description:
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In January 1927 Gus Comstock, a barbershop porter in the small Minnesota town of Fergus Falls, drank eighty cups of coffee in seven hours and fifteen minutes. The New York Times reported that near the end, amid a cheering crowd, the man's ''gulps were labored, but a physician examining him found him in pretty good shape.'' The event was part of a ......
In January 1927 Gus Comstock, a barbershop porter in the small Minnesota town of Fergus Falls, drank eighty cups of coffee in seven hours and fifteen minutes. The New York Times reported that near the end, amid a cheering crowd, the man's ''gulps were labored, but a physician examining him found him in pretty good shape.'' The event was part of a ......