25. The Fred Harvey Company with author Stephen Fried
Route 66 Podcast
English - January 31, 2019 03:59 - 1 hour - 48.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture History route66 americasmainstreet themotherroad Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Stephen Fried, author of Appetite for America: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the American West, talks all about the life of Fred Harvey and how Route 66 would later emerge once the railroad was being replaced by the automobile.
A three part series, highlighting the life and work of 19th Century entrepreneur Fred Harvey. Episodes include talks with the author of the most comprehensive Fred Harvey book ever researched, a businessman who has successfully restored former Harvey House buildings into destination hotels, surviving Fred Harvey employees who were there during the mid-20th Century just prior to the closing of Fred Harvey restaurants, and the great, great, great granddaughter of Fred Harvey- Katy Miller.