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Additionally, for the past 30-odd years, Ben has operated a special niche, mail-order business, selling rare, out-of-print, and in-print books in English and in several foreign languages on all manner of pipes and tobacco. He has prepared a "Recommended Reading List" for those interested in a rather complete bibliography of books on these two topics. | Additionally, for the past 30-odd years, Ben has operated a special niche, mail-order business, selling rare, out-of-print, and in-print books in English and in several foreign languages on all manner of pipes and tobacco. He has prepared a "Recommended Reading List" for those interested in a rather complete bibliography of books on these two topics. | ||
Ben Rapaport can be reached by E-mail at ben70gray@gmail.com . | Ben Rapaport can be reached by E-mail at ben70gray@gmail.com. | ||
'''Note:''' Ben is nearing completion on his 9th (and he reports | '''Note:''' Ben is nearing completion on his 9th (and he reports final) book. It will apparently be self published. The following was sent via E-mail. Please let him know if you may be interested. I received this from ben70gray@comcast.net, but have normally corresponded with him at ben70gray@gmail.com: | ||
<blockquote>Friends and acquaintances: A year in preparation, I am close to finalizing my 9th book: From the Briar Pipe of Saint-Claude to the Cigarette in World War One Trenches. An Intimate History of the Tobacco Industry, 1850-1920. It’s about a 200-page documentary. If you like to read about the evolution of the tobacco industry (writ large) in those 70 years, or you like to read about soldiers and their smokes in The Great War and how they handled tobacco under duress, this may be book for you. Intimately familiar with all the books in print on every aspect of the tobacco industry — and knowing that there is little in print about these 70 years in the U.S. and European trade, and that no one has, to date, has focused on how British, American, French and German soldiers coped with (and without) tobacco (principally cigarettes and pipes) — I felt the urge to research these two topics, and concluded that there was a colorful story to tell. | <blockquote>Friends and acquaintances: A year in preparation, I am close to finalizing my 9th book: From the Briar Pipe of Saint-Claude to the Cigarette in World War One Trenches. An Intimate History of the Tobacco Industry, 1850-1920. It’s about a 200-page documentary. If you like to read about the evolution of the tobacco industry (writ large) in those 70 years, or you like to read about soldiers and their smokes in The Great War and how they handled tobacco under duress, this may be book for you. Intimately familiar with all the books in print on every aspect of the tobacco industry — and knowing that there is little in print about these 70 years in the U.S. and European trade, and that no one has, to date, has focused on how British, American, French and German soldiers coped with (and without) tobacco (principally cigarettes and pipes) — I felt the urge to research these two topics, and concluded that there was a colorful story to tell. | ||