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Stephen Fried is an award-winning investigative journalist and essayist and an adjunct professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. His most recent book, Appetite for America: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time was named one of the ten best books of the year by the Wall Street Journal and the Philadelphia Inquirer and was a Southwest Book of the Year. www.fredharveybook.com/blog. He is also the author of Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia (which inspired the Emmy-winning HBO film Gia); Bitter Pills; The New Rabbi; and Husbandry. A two-time winner of the National Magazine Award, Fried has written for Vanity Fair, Glamour, The Washington Post Magazine, GQ, Rolling Stone,...more

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Fred Harvey Bookbook Project

for foodies interested in American history, please check out our new Fred Harvey Cookbook Project tumblr http://fredharveycookbook.tumblr.com. Every day for the next year, we will put up a "new" archival recipe from Fred Harvey chefs. You can try them, tweak them or completely deconstruct them--all we ask is that you report back on how they worked, or give us your new version (and perhaps even... Read more of this blog post »

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	Thing of Beauty 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 658 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Husbandry: Sex, Love & Dirty Laundry--Inside the Minds of Married Men 2.7 of 5 stars 2.70 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Rabbi 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mobile Device Security: A Comprehensive Guide to Securing Your Information in a Moving World 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thing of Beauty 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Husbandry 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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