No Useless Mouth: Waging War and Fighting Hunger in the American Revolution

No Useless Mouth: Waging War and Fighting Hunger in the American Revolution

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Author/Contributor(s): Herrmann, Rachel B
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Date: 11/15/2019
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
In the era of the American Revolution, the rituals of diplomacy between the British, Patriots, and Native Americans featured gifts of food, ceremonial feasts, and a shared experience of hunger. When diplomacy failed, Native Americans could destroy food stores and cut off supply chains in order to assert authority. Black colonists also stole and...