The Sweet Life of Tom Carvel
How a Greek immigrant with big dreams grew a faulty ice-cream cart into an American franchise behemoth that would serve Flying Saucers and Fudgie the Whales to many generations to come
Hatmaking’s Lifeblood
On the South Side of Chicago, the founder of Optimo Hats quietly churns out impeccably made fedoras and Panamas for clients including Sean Penn and John C. Reilly
Elliott Erwitt’s Last Hurrah
A new coffee-table book celebrates the photographer’s eye for life’s absurdities
One Hundred Years of Gatsby
Editions of The Great Gatsby—which achieved popularity only after F. Scott Fitzgerald’s death—abound, but the mysteries surrounding the Great American Novel endure
Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli
In AIR MAIL’s latest podcast, never-before-heard interviews with the likes of Robert Evans and James Caan chronicle the making of The Godfather