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The pecan: a history of America's native nut

✍ Scribed by James McWilliams

Publisher: University of Texas Press
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Weight: 287 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 0292753918

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✦ Synopsis

This lively history by the acclaimed author of Just Food and A Revolution in Eating follows the pecan from primordial Southern groves to the contemporary Chinese marketplace to reveal how a nut with a very limited natural range has become a global commodity and endangered heirloom.

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