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Pawpaw : in search of America's forgotten fruit / Andrew Moore ; foreword by Michael W. Twitty.
Van Pelt Library QK495.A6 M66 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moore, Andrew, 1985- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pawpaw--United States.
- Pawpaw.
- Pawpaw--United States--History.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 296 pages, 8 pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, 2015.
- Summary:
- As fruits go, the pawpaw is about as unique, historically important, and yet mysteriously undervalued as it gets. Despite an impressive resume, most people have probably never heard of the pawpaw, let alone bit into one. If you haven't yet eaten a pawpaw, Moore's lively and inquisitive book will have you seeking out the nearest pawpaw patch--Dust jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I Pawpaws in History
- 1 What's a Pawpaw? 1
- 2 A Brief History of Pawpaws in America 9
- 3 Toward Domestication 23
- 4 A Tale of Two Fruits 29
- Part II Pawpaws to the People
- 5 Johnny Pawpawseed 37
- 6 Hunting the Lost Ketter Fruit 47
- 7 Peterson's Gambit 61
- 8 In the Orchard 69
- 9 The Ohio Pawpaw Festival 85
- 10 Tobacco, Acetogenins, and Ice Cream 99
- 11 The Ohio Pawpaw Growers Association 113
- 12 Into the Woods: A New Orchard 127
- Part III Way Down Yonder: Travels in the Pawpaw Belt
- 13 St. Louis 139
- 14 Historic Virginia 143
- 15 North Carolina 149
- 16 Down South 165
- 17 Appalachia 205
- 18 Cherokee 221
- 19 North and Midwest 227.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781603585965
- 1603585966
- 9781603585972
- 1603585974
- OCLC:
- 907391079
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