Feast or famine : food and drink in American westward expansion / Reginald Horsman.

  • Horsman, Reginald.
Date:
[2008], ©2008
  • Books

About this work

Description

"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.

Publication/Creation

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2008], ©2008.

Physical description

viii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Contributors

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    DFXP.6.AA8
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780826217899
  • 0826217893