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The 1904 World's Fair and the Foods It Accidentally Invented
The hot dog, iced tea, and the cotton candy machine all debut at once
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How the Crossword Puzzle Became a National Obsession
Arthur Wynne's word-cross and the craze that took over newspapers
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The Brief, Strange Life of the Pedestrian Mall
Kalamazoo, Fresno, and the great downtown experiment that mostly failed
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How Hollywood Survived the Advent of Television
Block booking, divestiture, and the decade TV almost won for good
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The Great Molasses Flood of 1919
Twenty-one dead, a wave of syrup, and a lawsuit that took six years
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Pet Rocks, Mood Rings, and the Economy of Fads
Gary Dahl, the hula hoop, and the market logic of the useless object
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The Paperback Revolution and the Democratization of Reading
Pocket Books, twenty-five-cent reprints, and the mass-market reader
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Route 66 and the Mythology of the Open Road
Steinbeck, Nat King Cole, and the last great American road mythology
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When Pinball Was Illegal and Why Cities Banned It
The mayor of New York, juvenile delinquency, and a thirty-five-year ban
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