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Sweet Greeks:

First-Generation Immigrant Confectioners in the Heartland
  • ISBN-13: 9780252043406
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • By Ann Flesor Beck
  • Price: AUD $271.00
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  • Local release date: 14/11/2020
  • Format: Hardback 320 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Cookery / food & drink etc [WB]
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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. Sweet Greeks 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.

Ann 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 +¬migr+¬ 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.

An engaging blend of family memoir and Midwest history, Sweet Greeks tells how Greeks became candy makers to the nation, one shop at a time.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Foundations

Chapter 2. The Journey: 1880-1930

Chapter 3. Acculturation and Americanization

Chapter 4. Finding a Niche in Chicago and St. Louis

Chapter 5. Greeks vs. Goblins

Chapter 6. My Grandfather and His Mentors

Chapter 7. Small City Greek Confectioners

Chapter 8. Small Town Greek Confectioners

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

""The value of Sweet Greeks rests in its recovery of the names and personal stories of immigrant confectioners operating candy stores in small, Midwestern towns. Once an important niche for Greek entrepreneurs, candy stores also provided community s
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