Cropped Cover of Coffee Nation: How One Commodity Transformed the Early United States

Author Talk: Michelle Craig McDonald

NEXT DATE: May 14, 2026 | 7 p.m. | Thursday
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Library, Soda House

Michelle Craig McDonald will speak at an Author Talk at Hagley on Thursday May 14 about her recent book, Coffee Nation: How One Commodity Transformed the Early United States. Coffee is so ever-present in our lives today that its roots are under-appreciated – especially the contributions of Philadelphia-based merchants in the very early days of our nation to coffee’s popularity.

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