Feast or famine [electronic resource] : food and drink in American westward expansion / Reginald Horsman.
2008
GT2853.U5 H67 2008eb
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Title
Feast or famine [electronic resource] : food and drink in American westward expansion / Reginald Horsman.
Author
Horsman, Reginald.
ISBN
9780826217899 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0826217893 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0826217893 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.
Language
English
Description
viii, 356 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
GT2853.U5 H67 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
641.5978
Summary
"Drawing on the journals and correspondence of pioneers, Horsman examines more than a hundred years of history, recording components of the diets of various groups, including travelers, settlers, fur traders, soldiers, and miners. He discusses food-preparation techniques, including the development of canning, and foods common in different regions"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Food in the forest
Land of pork and corn
Game on every side
Meat and more meat
Tortillas and frijoles
On the Oregon Trail
Water before every door
By land and sea
Food at the mines
Rank and file
Officers' wives
Food on the run
Ranch and chuck wagon
Long horizons.
Land of pork and corn
Game on every side
Meat and more meat
Tortillas and frijoles
On the Oregon Trail
Water before every door
By land and sea
Food at the mines
Rank and file
Officers' wives
Food on the run
Ranch and chuck wagon
Long horizons.