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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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 356 p. :; ill. |
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Table of 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.