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The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard

byJohn Birdsall

Focused on the Life of James Beard, The Man Who Ate Too Much brings John Birdsall's biographical portrait to a complex and consequential subject. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the connected fields of biography & autobiography and cooking. Specific examples keep the larger argument tangible and reveal why familiar explanations do not always account for the full story. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant.

Publisher

Norton & Company Limited, W. W.

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

496

ISBN

9780393635713