{"product_id":"sweet-greeks-ann-flesor-beck-9780252043406","title":"Sweet Greeks: First-Generation Immigrant Confectioners in the Heartland","description":"Gus Flesor came to the United States from Greece in 1901. His journey led him to Tuscola, Illinois, where he learned the confectioner's trade and opened a business that still stands on Main Street. \u003ci\u003eSweet Greeks\u003c\/i\u003e sets the story of Gus Flesor's life as an immigrant in a small town within the larger history of Greek migration to the Midwest. \u003cp\u003eAnn Flesor Beck's charming personal account recreates the atmosphere of her grandfather's candy kitchen with its odors of chocolate and popcorn and the comings-and-goings of family members. \"The Store\" represented success while anchoring the business district of Gus's chosen home. It also embodied the Midwest émigré experience of chain migration, immigrant networking, resistance and outright threats by local townspeople, food-related entrepreneurship, and tensions over whether later generations would take over the business. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn engaging blend of family memoir and Midwest history, \u003ci\u003eSweet Greeks\u003c\/i\u003e tells how Greeks became candy makers to the nation, one shop at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Flesor Beck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252043405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252043406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Ann Flesor Beck","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48435346243839,"sku":"9780252043406","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0d613827-563c-40d4-833b-03f1f6b1e804.jpg?v=1777149800","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sweet-greeks-ann-flesor-beck-9780252043406","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}