by Frank Krake · Uitgeverij Achtbaan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789082476408
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«Menthol: de zwarte man die Nederland leerde tandenpoetsen» is the biography of Frank Krake, published by Uitgeverij Achtbaan in paperback (312 pages).
Joseph Sylvester (1890-1955), nicknamed Menthol, emigrated from Saint Lucia to the Netherlands in the 1920s, after fleeing racism in the United States. As a travelling salesman of his toothpaste Babajaba, he taught the Dutch to brush their teeth. The work recounts his marriage to model Roosje Borchert and the impact of the Second World War.
Written in Dutch, it was originally published on 13 April 2016. The book includes bibliographic references on pages 302-303.
For readers of historical biographies and true stories about immigration, racism and interracial couples in twentieth-century Europe.
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