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| Named Person: | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Andrew Beahrs |
| ISBN: | 9781594202599 1594202591 |
| OCLC Number: | 466335788 |
| Description: | 323 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | It makes me cry to think of them : prairie-hens, from Illinois -- A barrel of odds and ends : possum and raccoon -- Masterpiece of the universe : trout at Lake Tahoe -- Heaven on the half shell : oysters and mussels in San Francisco -- Dinner was leisurely served : Philadelphia terrapin -- The most absorbing story in the world : sheep-head and croakers, from New Orleans -- It is my Thanksgiving Day : cranberries -- Twilight : maple syrup -- Epilogue. |
| Responsibility: | Andrew Beahrs. |
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Abstract:
Shares insights into Mark Twain's menu-style tribute to American cuisine and how it included wild regional specialties that have been lost to industrial food production, tracing the author's efforts to track down eight specific dishes.
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