Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains

Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains by H D Harrington. Published by University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, 1967. 1st Stated Edition. Hardbound w/Paper DJ. Size 8vo. Condition: Nr Fine in Chipped & Taped DJ. DJ price clipped. Bottom spine corner front cover bumped. LCCN 67-29685. Illustrated by Y Matsumura. A botanical listing of the edible plants to be found in the Rocky Mountain region. It provides the reader with recipes as well as ethobotanical information about the uses of these plants by the historic and prehistoric Indians of the area. Recipes for the preparation of beers and wines, jams and preserves, for cooking of greens and the making of dyes. This book is also a wilderness survival manual, providing the reader with knowledge that would be invaluable were he lost. One chapter is devoted to a detailed identification of the poisonous plants encounter throughout the Rock Mountain West. 392 Pgs. Description text copyright 2008 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 19126.