The Suffolk Peanut Festival

by Patrick Evans-Hylton

Book Overview

With the popularity of P.T. Barnum's circus and America's game-baseball-peanuts became the snack food of the people across the country in the late 1800s. Sold hot from a roaster to the cries of "Peanuts, get your hot peanuts here," this popular snack soon became a valuable cash crop. The farmland around Suffolk, Virginia was perfect for growing goobers, and the town was soon known as the "World's Greatest Peanut Market."

Suffolk's peanut star was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738516538
• ISBN13: 9780738516530
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"