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For God, Country and Coca-Cola: The Unauthorized History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes it




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    1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars Biography of "the real thing", 21 Nov 2010
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    Joseph Haschka (Glendale, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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    This review is from: For God, Country and Coca-Cola: The Unauthorized History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes it (Paperback)
    "One share of original 1919 Coca-Cola stock had split into 1,152 shares by 1991, in addition to providing a cumulative dividend of over $10,000. If the dividends from that one original share had been reinvested in Coca-Cola stock, the $40 (or $5 for insiders) investment would now be worth almost two million dollars. Using the same scale, if a great grandparent had purchased one of Asa's $100 shares in 1892, it would now bring approximately $2.5 billion." - from FOR GOD, COUNTRY AND COCA-COLA

    One of the enduring memories of my childhood, likely shared with millions of others, is getting a dime from one of my parents to buy and enjoy an ice-cold Coke pulled from a filling-station vending machine during a long drive on a hot day. After filling the car up with gas, Ol' Dad probably had a Coke also; memory fails. (This was before auto air conditioning reached the sweaty masses.) The drinking experience was pure bliss. Over the half-century since, nothing has ever tasted better... Read more
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    4.0 out of 5 stars A detailed informative history of the famous drink, 25 July 2000
    There are few people in the world that have not drunk coca cola. This is a fascinating history of one of the worlds most successfull products. Thoroughly researched with extensive notes makes it useful to any marketing student or layman.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Very good indeed, 28 April 2009
    Entertaining, thorough and insightful - if you're looking for the story of The Real Thing, this is it. Well worth reading.
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