The Gourd Book / by Charles B. Heiser, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heiser, Charles B. (Charles Bixler), 1920-2010.

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gourds.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

viii, 248 pages, [7] unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Paperback Printing

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1993.

Contents:

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Part I. Miscellaneous Gourds. 1. Introduction; 2. Gourds of the Bible; 3. Tree Gourds; 4. The Cucurbita Gourds; 5. The Loofahs; 6. Various Other Gourds

Part II. The Bottle Gourd. 7. General Considerations; 8. A Personal Note; 9. Gourds across the Ocean, I. Cultural Diffusion versus Independent Invention; 10. Gourds across the Ocean, II. Our Mother, the Gourd; 11. Uses: General; 12. Uses: Penis Sheaths; 13. Uses: Decorated Gourds; 14. Uses: Musical Instruments; 15. The Gourd in Myth, Legend, and Fable.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Kislak copy has water stains and warped pages.

ISBN:

0806125721

9780806125725

OCLC:

33669790