Feast or famine : food and drink in American westward expansion / Reginald Horsman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horsman, Reginald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drinking customs--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

Drinking customs.

Food habits--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

Food habits.

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

Cooking, American--Western style--History.

Cooking, American.

Overland journeys to the Pacific.

Cooking, American--Western style.

History.

West (U.S.)--Social life and customs--19th century.

West (U.S.).

West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration.

United States--Territorial expansion.

United States.

Territorial expansion.

Physical Description:

viii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2008]

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826217899

0826217893

OCLC:

182851106