The Kelloggs the battling brothers of Battle Creek

"John Harvey Kellogg was one of America's most beloved physicians; a best-selling author, lecturer, and health-magazine publisher; founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium; and patron saint of the pursuit of wellness. His youngest brother, Will, was the founder of the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake C...

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Autor principal: Markel, Howard (Autor)
Formato: Libro
Publicado: New York : Pantheon Books, 2017.
Edición:Primera Edición.
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  • Introduction : The Cain and Abel of America's heartland
  • Part I. "Michigan fever". "Go west, young man"
  • The chosen one
  • New brooms sweep clean
  • Long-distance learning
  • Part II. An empire of wellness. Building the San
  • "What's more American than corn flakes?"
  • "Fire!" ... and cease-fire
  • The new San
  • Part III. Manufacturing health. The San's operations
  • A "university of health"
  • Will's place
  • Part IV. Battles of old age. The prison of resentment
  • The doctor's crusade against race degeneracy
  • A full plate
  • "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown"
  • The final score.