For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It

The fizzy, "marvelously entertaining" (Los Angeles Times) story of the world's favorite beverage

For God, Country & Coca-Cola is the definitive history of the great American soft drink and the company that makes it. From its origins as a patent medicine in Reconstruction Atlanta through its rise as the dominant consumer beverage of the American century, the story of Coke is as singular, appealing, and effervescent as the drink itself. Mark Pendergrast recounts more than a hundred years of t...