The Great American Ice Cream Book by Paul Dickson | History & Recipes of Classic American Ice Cream | Perfect for Home Chefs & Ice Cream Lovers

Illus. from historic photographs. Jacket. NY: Galahad Books, 1972.

A wonderful look back at the history of ice cream and the ice cream industry in America, with stories about the origin of the ice cream cone, the secrets of the great soda jerks, the language of the soda fountain, the birth of the Eskimo Pie, and perhaps most wondrously, the "real story behind the Great Ice Cream Orgy of 1946." Certainly worth the price of the book just to uncover that history! 

Chipping to jacket spine head, a bit of sunning to jacket spine; offset from news clippings to front free endpapers, else very good.