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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.
- West (U.S.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration.
- United States--Territorial expansion.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 356 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8262-6636-3
- OCLC:
- 603430758
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