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

Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 356 pages) : illustrations 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 Summary "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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject 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. COOKING -- Regional & Ethnic -- American. Cooking, American -- Western style Discoveries in geography Drinking customs Food habits Frontier and pioneer life Manners and customs Overland journeys to the Pacific Territorial expansion SUBJECT West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration United States -- Territorial expansion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140559 Subject United States West United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2008015259 ISBN 9780826266361 0826266363

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