Feast or famine food and drink in American westward expansion /

"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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Main Author: Horsman, Reginald
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.
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245 1 0 |a Feast or famine  |h [electronic resource] :  |b food and drink in American westward expansion /  |c Reginald Horsman. 
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300 |a viii, 356 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
520 |a "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. 
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650 0 |a Drinking customs  |z West (U.S.)  |x History  |y 19th century. 
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650 0 |a Overland journeys to the Pacific. 
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651 0 |a West (U.S.)  |x Discovery and exploration. 
651 0 |a United States  |x Territorial expansion. 
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