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We may not give much thought to the boxes in our freezers or the cans on our shelves, but behind the story of food preservation is the history of civilization itself. The development of portable, preserved food enabled the great explorers to travel into the unknown and gradually map the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Nicolas Appert: Add a description of this character.
- Peter Durand
- Donkin
- Girard
- Robert Boyle
- Isabella
- John Ross
- Scott
- Dorothy Hartley
- Birdseye
- Harrison
- Liebig
- Hall
- Cook
- John Gamble
- Mort
- William Ellis
- Richardson
- Galen
- Cobbett
- Soyer
- Colin
- Samuel Hewett
- Parry
Setting & Locations edit
- Europe
- New England
- France
- London
- China
- Britain
- South America
- Scotland
- Australia
- India
- Paris
- Japan
- Italy
- Newfoundland
- United States
- Russia
- North Africa
- Atlantic
- Spain
- Middle East
- Egypt
- Rome
- Middle Ages
- Greece
- Balkans
- Germany
- Turkey
- Suffolk
- North America
- Canada
- Caribbean
- West Indies
- Norway
- California
- East Indies
- Iceland
- Boston
- New York
- Scandinavia
- North Sea
- Gaul
- Yarmouth
- Persia
- New Zealand
- Finland
- Iran
- Portugal
First Sentence edit
LONG BEFORE THE IMMIGRANT SETTLERS and gold hunters had started to fill the American West in the mid-nineteenth century, mountain men-backwoodsmen, trappers, hunters, explorers, and adventurers-were living their own very singular lives in the old Northwest.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sue Shephard (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 641
Subjects edit
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Agricultural Sciences › Food Sciences › Engineering
- Books › Professional & Technical › Engineering › Bioengineering › Biotechnology
- Books › Science › Agricultural Sciences › Food Science
- Books › Cooking, Food & Wine › Gastronomy › History
- Books › Cooking, Food & Wine › Canning & Preserving
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