A Taste for War: The Culinary History of the Blue and the Gray [Signed by Author]

Davis, William C. [Signed by Author]

ISBN 10: 0811700186 / ISBN 13: 9780811700184

Published by Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, PA., 2003

About this Item

Hardcover. Speckled gray paper over boards with dark blue spine, silver lettering on spine. Binding is good and tight. DJ is clean and glossy with minor signs of wear, small closed tear at top corner of back cover. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 2003. Stated First Edition with complete number line. 226 pages. Pages are clean, crisp, and bright. Two B&W pictorial sections. Signed by author in black ink on title page, just above printed title, inscribed to Betty and Terry. A good copy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it s a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Taste for War: The Culinary History of the Blue and the Gray [Signed by Author]
• Publisher: Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, PA.
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811700186
• ISBN 13: 9780811700184
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

We know the uniforms they wore, the weapons they carried, and the battles they fought, but what did they eat and, of even greater curiosity, was it any good? Now, for the very first time, the food that fuelled the armies of the North and the South and the soldiers' opinions of it - ranging from the sublime to just slime - is front and centre in a biting, fascinating look at the Civil War as written by one of its most respected historians. There's even a comprehensive 'cookbook' of actual recipes included for those intrepid enough to try a taste of the Civil War.

Review

"[Hardtack was] positively unsuitable fodder for anything that claims to be human...and I think it no exaggeration to say that any intelligent pig possessing the least spark of pride would have considered it a pure insult to have them put into his swill."