“If anyone would pay me to do what we did at 34th street, that would be my career.” So far so good.
You’re on the road and stop to grab a burger at McDonalds or Burger King. You know what you’re getting no matter what city you’re in. But have you ever stopped to think about how and when these fast food chains started?
One Penn alum did and wrote a compelling book about it.
More about this Penn alum author and his new book after the jump.
Last we reported about Stephen Fried (C’79 34th Street co-editor, BF Scholar), he had a tell all book about sex, love, and dirty laundry
In Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire that Civilized the Wild West
How did Stephen get his start as an a author? At Penn of course.
Stephen’s start as an author began when he wrote nonfiction at 34th Street as a sophomore. He was also mentored by Nora Magid, then Penn’s “one-woman journalism school”. Stephen told me that he always said “if anyone would pay me to do what we did at 34th Street, that would be my career. So far so good”.
Speaking of Penn, Stephen had help with research on the book from former Penn undergrads who were his interns. These (now) alumni include: Jason Schwartz (C’07) and Andy Hines (C’09), Dan Kaplan (C’03), Jennifer Machiaverna (C’03), Maria Popova, Nick Barr, Jess Feurst, Elizabeth Slavitt, Matt Rosenbauym, Anthony Campisi, Jessica Haralson, Tali Yahalom, Maggie McGrath, Khan-anh Le, and Jon Wroble.
Check out Stephen’s CSPAN Book TV talk:
Pennsylvania Gazette piece on Stephen HERE
Check out an excerpt from his book HERE
More Penn authors HERE
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