Feast or Famine Food and Drink in American Westward Expansion 1st Edition by Reginald Horsman ISBN 9780826217899 0826217893

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ISBN 10:  0826217893

ISBN 13: 9780826217899

Author:  Reginald Horsman 

“Feast or Famine is the first comprehensive account of food and drink in the winning of the West, describing the sustenance of successive generations of western pioneers. Drawing on journals of settlers and travelers – as well as a lifetime of research on the American West – Reginald Horsman examines more than one hundred years of history, from the first advance of explorers into the Mississippi valley to the movement of ranchers and farmers onto the Great Plains, recording not only the components of their diets but food preparation techniques as well.” Horsman covers food on different regional frontiers, as well as the cuisines of particular groups such as fur traders, soldiers, miners, and Mormons. He also discusses food shortages that resulted from poor preparation, temporary scarcity of game, marginal soil, or simply bad luck. At times, as with the ill-fated Donner Party, pioneers starved.

Table of contents: 

Part 1: Forest and Prairie

Food in the Forest

Land of Pork and Corn

Part 2: Explorers and Trappers

Game on Every Side

Meat and More Meat

Part 3: Overland Trails

Tortillas and Beans

On the Oregon Trail

Water before Every Door

Part 4: Gold Rush and the Mines

By Land and Sea

Food at the Mines

Part 5: Army Life

Rank and File

Officers’ Wives

Part 6: The Travelers

Food on the Run

Part 7: Conquering the Plains

Ranch and Chuck Wagon

Long Horizons

Conclusion

Index

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