Release date: April 3, 2019 . . .
Food & Provisions of the Mountain Men
A Guide to Authentic Provisions
of Fur Trappers, Traders and
Explorers in the Early American West
Fourth Edition
Release
April 3, 2019, paying homage to William H. Ashley, who on April 3, 1822, left St. Louis, leading the first of several trapping expeditions up the Missouri River. In 1825, he led a pack train carrying provisions and trade goods to the Rocky Mountains, thus initiating the annual rendezvous that
we re-enact today.
Read the news release: Wigeon Releases Fourth Edition of Food & Provisions of the Mountain Men
Buy the Book
- Amazon
- Downwind Press: Books for Buckskinners (at rendezvous and historical re-enactments)
About the Book
Food & Provisions of the Mountain Men is a guide to historically accurate food and provisions of the fur trappers, traders, and explorers who went to the Rocky Mountains in search of the precious beaver fur and other opportunities.
Author Larry "Friar" Edwards created this guide for those who participate in re-enactments of mountain man rendezvous and historical encampments. It's also for anyone interested in the lifestyles and hardships endured by these mountain men at a time when beaver fur was worth more than gold.
This fourth edition has been expanded to 92 pages and includes more illustrations, an expanded section on honey and bee hunters, a recipe for mule-blood soup, and more first-hand accounts of the "starvin' times."
Use this guide to make your rendezvous larder and meals historically authentic.
Good eatin’ and keep yer flour dry. Wagh!
Highlights
- Mountain Man Food Groups
- Recipes for buffalo tongue and hump ribs, dried meat, flour soup, sausage, pemmican and more
- Beverages (including metheglin)
- Parched Corn
- Friar’s Fry Bread
- Bread on a Stick
- Bouillon
- Portable Soup
- Mule-Blood Soup
- Flour Pudding
- Strike a Fire
- Fur Company Provisions
- First-hand accounts from people who were there
- More than 50 photos and illustrations, including paintings by Alfred Jacob Miller, who attended the 1837 rendezvous
Details
- Title: Food & Provisions of the Mountain Men: A Guide to Authentic Provisions of Fur Trappers, Traders and Explorers in the Early American West (4th Edition)
- Author: Larry M. “Friar” Edwards, award-winning author and editor
- Publisher: Wigeon Publishing, San Diego, CA
- Format: trade paperback (5.5x8.5)
- ISBN: 978-1-7323650-3-2
- Library of Congress Control Number: 2019902668
- BISAC Category: HIS036040: HISTORY/United States/19th Century
- Pages: 92
- Price: $11.95
- Release date: April 3, 2019
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Wigeon Publishing
info@wigeonpublishing.com
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