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Article: Strong Wine: The Life and Legend of Agoston Haraszthy.
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- April 1, 2000
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BRIAN McGINTY, Strong Wine: The Life and Legend of Agoston Haraszthy (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1998. Pp.vii + 579; illus. H/back ISBN 08047 3145 4, [pounds]40, $65; p/back ISBN 08047 3146 2, [pounds]14.95, $24.95).
Agoston Haraszthy (the anglicised pronunciation is Ah-gus-tun Harris-tee) was an adventurer, publicist, author, politician, land developer, vintner and entrepreneur who left his mark on the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. This clearly written biography by Haraszthy's great-great grandson is meticulously researched and carefully argued. Hungarian-born, and of the lesser nobility in his native land, 'Count' Haraszthy was also ...