America's Most Amazing, Amusing Vegetable: The Bottle Gourd

Description: America's Most Amazing, Amusing Vegetable: The Bottle Gourd: A Resource Guide to its history, Native American impact, its part in music, dance, ... story, plus some unbelievable facts & figuresThis fascinating book provides history on the world's oldest cultivated plant, the bottle gourd, which can be traced back to 8,000 BC. Preserved gourd remains have been found in many ancient sites in the Americas. Scientists have proven that gourds floated across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas thousands of years ago. The wild bottle gourd was cultivated and became a staple in Native American culture and was part of the family of food staples called "The Three Sisters," i.e. squash (gourds too), pumpkins, and maize. Join my journey through the archaeological sites, genetic research, and cultural research to learn amazing facts about the bottle gourd as a food, as container, and as musical instrument. Filled with some fifty illustrations, this guide is for anyone interested in gourd crafting or gardening generally. For the gourd-lover, there are stories about gourds, gourds in the Bible, gourd phrases in popular culture, and famous quotes. Did you know that Darwin found gourds in the Galapagos? Did you know King Louis XV ordered botanical drawings of gourds to be entered into the Royal Library? Did you know that a gourd phone from 800 AD was found in Peru? The story about the bottle gourd is truly amazing and amusing. This book includes sections about the famous Drinking. Gourd story, about Indian recipes and different meals made from bitter gourds. It includes stories that mention gourds and it has iconography and paintings of gourds through the ages. This is a must-read book for all gourd lovers, who are curious about the vegetable they have been working with for ages. It is important for Native Americans because I include key archaeological sites and resources to search for history of the American Indian and their cultural habits based on the use of gourds.

Price: 17.95 USD

Location: Bernardsville, New Jersey

End Time: 2024-12-30T21:49:59.000Z

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