Feast or famine
Subtitle: food and drink in American westward expansion
By: Reginald Horsman.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780826217899
Subjects: Cookery, American -- Western style -- History; Food habits -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century; Drinking customs -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Overland journeys to the Pacific; West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration; United States -- Territorial expansion
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Food in the forest; title: Land of pork and corn; title: Game on every side; title: Meat and more meat; title: Tortillas and frijoles; title: On the Oregon Trail; title: Water before every door; title: By land and sea; title: Food at the mines; title: Rank and file; title: Officers' wives; title: Food on the run; title: Ranch and chuck wagon; title: Long horizons.