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Shucks, shocks, and hominy blocks : corn as a way of life in pioneer America / Nicholas P. Hardeman ; drawings by Linda M. Steele.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks SB 191 .M2 H36 1981
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hardeman, Nicholas Perkins.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corn--United States--History.
- Corn.
- Frontier and pioneer life--United States.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Zea mays--history.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Zea mays--history.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©1981.
- Contents:
- Preface. Monarch
- This fabled plant
- Meeting of East and West
- Corn land and the American dream
- Corn was work and fun
- Fields in woods clothing: the seedbed
- In the light of the moon: planting
- First the blade: cultivating
- Fruits of toil: harvesting
- Cob, cache, crib, and keg: storage
- Shelling and grinding
- One hundred ways: food uses
- One hundred proof: pioneer spirits
- Jack of all aids: other uses
- Against the grain: corn's enemies
- Enemies continued
- Corn is a four-letter word: cultural manifestations
- Corn on the hoof: commerce.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index.
- ISBN:
- 080710793X
- 9780807107935
- 0807124249
- 9780807124246
- OCLC:
- 6942277
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