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Famous NathanLloyd Handwerker

Famous Nathan

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"Beginning with just five feet of counter space on Coney Island in 1916, Nathan's Famous - based on the basic principles of quality ingredients, hard work and a price everyone could afford -soon stretched across the globe, launching the hotdog as an American food staple and Nathan Handwerker to national fame. But the story behind the dog is even tastier ... Fleeing Eastern Europe as the shadow of WWI looms large with nothing but twenty dollars in his socks, Nathan arrives in New York with the insatiable desire to make a better life, and within two years he sets up a shop of his own, hawking…

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3 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2017
    Flatiron Books · 320 pages · 9781250074553
  • Other · English · 2016
    Flatiron Books · 320 pages · 9781250074560
  • Other · English · 2016
    Flatiron Books · 306 pages · 9781250074546
Nathan's FamousFrankfurtersHot dog standsFast food restaurantsHistoryNew york (n.y.), biographyBrooklyn (new york, n.y.), historyBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY