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Feast or famine [[electronic resource] ] : food and drink in American westward expansion / / Reginald Horsman



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Autore: Horsman Reginald Visualizza persona
Titolo: Feast or famine [[electronic resource] ] : food and drink in American westward expansion / / Reginald Horsman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 p.)
Disciplina: 641.5978
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto geografico: West (U.S.) Social life and customs 19th century
West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration
United States Territorial expansion
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: "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.
Titolo autorizzato: Feast or famine  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8262-6636-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454322303321
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