| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 356 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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 |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Drinking customs -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Food habits -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
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Cooking, American -- Western style -- History.
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Overland journeys to the Pacific.
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West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.
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United States -- Territorial expansion.
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COOKING -- Regional & Ethnic -- American.
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Cooking, American -- Western style.
(OCoLC)fst01753237
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Discoveries in geography. (OCoLC)fst00894950
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Drinking customs. (OCoLC)fst00898195
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Food habits. (OCoLC)fst00930807
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Frontier and pioneer life. (OCoLC)fst00935370
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Overland journeys to the Pacific. (OCoLC)fst01049347
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Territorial expansion. (OCoLC)fst01355135
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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United States, West. (OCoLC)fst01243255
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Horsman, Reginald. Feast or famine. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2008015259 (OCoLC)182851106 |
| ISBN |
9780826266361 (electronic bk.) |
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0826266363 (electronic bk.) |
