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BL
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| Record Number
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587472
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b416691
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| Main Entry
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Horsman, Reginald
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| Title & Author
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Feast or famine : : food and drink in American westward expansion /\ Reginald Horsman
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| Publication Statement
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Columbia :: University of Missouri Press,, c2008
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viii, 356 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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9780826217899
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: 0826217893
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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
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| Abstract
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"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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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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| LC Classification
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GT2853.U5H67 2008
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