Oktoberfest: The Wies'n Book of Treats

by Patrik Jaros

Book Overview

Get a handle on this (oh, you do -- the first book that looks like a beer glass?): The Oktoberfest is the biggest fair in the world. For 16 days in the Fall, there is a greater pursuit of hedonism in Munich than anywhere else in the world. Total pleasure, and all we remember is the lager. But there's more. It goes way back, all the way to 1810 and Crown Prince Ludwig's marriage to Therese. They had a horse race, and that was it. By 1875 they had the...

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3822876313
• ISBN13: 9783822876312
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Taschen
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.7"