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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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