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

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

"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 developm...

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Feast or famine [electronic resource] : food and drink in American westward expansion / Reginald Horsman.
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.
viii, 356 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Drinking customs West (U.S.) History 19th century.
Food habits West (U.S.) History 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.)
Cooking, American Western style History.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
West (U.S.) Social life and customs 19th century.
West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration.
United States Territorial expansion.
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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.
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