Starbucks

[John Sutherland (S&T Onsite)]

The, uh, company line is that Melville is exactly where the name comes
from.  But hey, who believes Them?

John, spoiled in Seattle with MANY quality coffee and book options

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU [SMTP:LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU]
>Sent:	Thursday, January 09, 1997 12:19 PM
>To:	pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject:	Starbucks
>
>
>So--To put this digression sort of back towards if not on track, where does
>the name come from?  Does it have anything to do with Ahab's harpooneer?
>
>Starbucks and Barnes & Noble--co-joined--are our pretention to a literary
>culture in town, certainly beats the native stuff, both for books and brew.
>
>But Murthy will testify that the Twin Cities have a few more options for
>both!
>
>Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)