Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon
(Part of the Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books Series)
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Why do so many Americans drive for miles each autumn to buy a vegetable that they are unlikely to eat? While most people around the world eat pumpkin throughout the year, North Americans reserve it for holiday pies and other desserts that celebrate the harvest season and the rural past. They decorate their houses with pumpkins every autumn and welcome Halloween trick-or-treaters with elaborately carved jack-o'-lanterns. Towns hold annual pumpkin...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:029599195X
ISBN13:9780295991955
Release Date:December 2012
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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