The Story of Corn

The Story of Corn is a unique compendium, drawing upon history and mythology, science and art, anecdote and image, personal narrative and epic to tell the extraordinary story of the grain that built the New World. Corn transformed the way the entire world eats, providing a hardy, inexpensive alternative to rice or wheat and cheap fodder for livestock and finding its way into everything from explosives to embalming fluid.Betty Fussell has given us...

By Betty Fussell
Paperback: 367 pages
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press; Reprint edition (December 15, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0826335926
ISBN-13: 978-0826335920
Product Dimensions: 8 x 1.1 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 1136564
Format: PDF ePub djvu ebook

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she is a great writer, reads like an adventure novel...too bad it's out of print - a lot of research went into this book!

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