Adrian Thatcher is Professor of Applied Theology at the University College of St Mark and St John in Plymouth, England.
"A fascinating story . . .Hogan tells a truly American success
story--luck and hard work behind one man to create an industry so
pervasive that today it's an integral part of American pop
culture."-"Publishers Weekly",
"A scholar's lively account of how White Castle, now a largely
overlooked but still profitable also-ran in the domestic restaurant
trade, made the once-scorned hamburger a U.S. institution and
launched the fast-food industry. . . . Informed and engaging
perspectives on an often ignored aspect of cultural and commercial
Americana."-"Kirkus Reviews",
"David Hogan's love of fast food goes back at least twenty years: I
remember talking to him while he gulped down a McDonald's before
the start of class. Few historians I know would be able to
translate their penchant for fast food into a wonderful case study
of the first chain to sell huge numbers of hamburgers-to-go.
"Selling 'em by the Sack", which traces the fortunes and failures
of White Castle from the 1920s to the 1990s, deftly blends
biography, social history, and corporate history. In doing so,
Hogan gives us a fascinating glimpse into American popular
culture." -Andrew Achenbaum, Professor of History, University of
Michigan
"Full of fascinating details, not only for devotees of the
ubiquitous 'slider, ' but also for pop-culturists interested in
American fast food and how it all got started."-"Minneapolis Star
Tribune",
"Hogan makes a convincing case for White Castle's
influence."-Jonathan Yardley, "Washington Post"
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