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The Impoverished Students' Book of Cookery, Drinkery, & Housekeepery

Jay Rosenberg's The impoverished students' book of cookery, drinkery, & housekeepery is the epitome of survival guides for college students.  Rosenberg, a Reed College alumnus and Doctor of Philosophy, divulges among other things, sage advice in his "What-the-hell-do-you-do-with" Liver recipe, shares his family's recipe for Hungarian Chicken Paprikash where it is reckoned it goes "back to Adam and Eve who got it from the Angel with the Flaming Sword," and includes advice on home-brewing, budgets, and attractive wall-groupings.

Four Years in a Government Exploring Expedition

Naval officer George Colvocoresses took part in the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-42, and published this account of it based on a journal which he kept. The text covers the entire itinerary of the voyage, describing the lands and peoples visited and a variety of scientific matters; the 19 illustrations include botanical and zoological subjects and scenes of the west coast of North America. Of particular interest is Colvocoresses' participation in the overland leg of the expedition in the Pacific Northwest and California. The U.S.