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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Harcourt
Published: Apr 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Retail Price: $16.95
Pages: 256
A self-proclaimed candy fanatic and lifelong chocoholic, traces the history of some of the much-loved candies from his youth, describing the business practices and creative candy-making techniques of some of the small-time companies producing the addictive treats. Reprint.
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