Feast or famine [electronic resource] : food and drink in American westward expansion / Reginald Horsman.
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TextPublication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.Description: viii, 356 p. : illSubject(s): - 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
- 641.5978 22
- GT2853.U5 H67 2008
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| Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.