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Feast or famine food and drink in American westward expansion /

"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 developm...

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Main Author: Horsman, Reginald.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2008]
Physical Description: viii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects:
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.

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