American Pop by Snowden Wright is $1.99 at Amazon US.
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Moving from Mississippi to Paris to New York and back again, a saga of family, ambition, passion, and tragedy that brings to life one unforgettable Southern dynasty—the Forsters, founders of the world’s first major soft-drink company—against the backdrop of more than a century of American cultural history.
“Mr. Wright’s imagined history of the rise and fall of the sugary drink empire is so robust and recognizable that you might feel nostalgic for the taste of a soda you’ve never had.” – Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal
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Reviews on the book are split, and I haven't read Snowden Wright before. But the book sounded interesting, so I'm sharing it.
At first, I thought it was somehow related to Ralph Bakshi's movie of the same name.