Ann Flesor Beck

(Author)

Sweet Greeks: First-Generation Immigrant Confectioners in the HeartlandHardcover, 26 October 2020

Sweet Greeks: First-Generation Immigrant Confectioners in the Heartland
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Part of Series
Heartland Foodways
Print Length
320 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Date Published
26 Oct 2020
ISBN-10
0252043405
ISBN-13
9780252043406

Description

Gus Flesor came to the United States from Greece in 1901. His journey led him to Tuscola, Illinois, where he learned the confectioner's trade and opened a business that still stands on Main Street. Sweet Greeks sets the story of Gus Flesor's life as an immigrant in a small town within the larger history of Greek migration to the Midwest.

Ann Flesor Beck's charming personal account recreates the atmosphere of her grandfather's candy kitchen with its odors of chocolate and popcorn and the comings-and-goings of family members. "The Store" represented success while anchoring the business district of Gus's chosen home. It also embodied the Midwest émigré experience of chain migration, immigrant networking, resistance and outright threats by local townspeople, food-related entrepreneurship, and tensions over whether later generations would take over the business.

An engaging blend of family memoir and Midwest history, Sweet Greeks tells how Greeks became candy makers to the nation, one shop at a time.

Product Details

Author:
Ann Flesor Beck
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
26 October 2020
Genre:
Greece
ISBN-10:
0252043405
ISBN-13:
9780252043406
Language:
English
Pages:
320

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