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

By: Horsman, Reginald.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008Description: viii, 356 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Subject(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 expansionGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 641.5978 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.