Feast or famine food and drink in American westward expansion /

Feast or famine food and drink in American westward expansion /

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"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.
Subjects:
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.
Electronic books.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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.

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