front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Recipes -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1: THE HISTORY OF THE TURKEY -- 1. The Prehistoric Turkey -- or, How the Turkey Conquered North America -- 2. The Globe-trotting Turkey -- or, How the Turkey Conquered Europe -- 3. The English Turkey -- or, How the Turkey Cooked the Christmas Goose -- 4. The Call of the Wild Turkey -- or, How the Wild Turkey Came to a Fowl Ending -- 5. The Well-dressed Turkey -- or, How the Turkey Trotted onto America's Table -- Illustrations follow page 66. -- 6. Hale's Turkey Tale -- or, The Invention of Turkey Day -- 7. The Well-bred Turkey -- or, How the Turkey Lost its Flavor -- 8. The Industrialized Turkey -- or, How the Turkey Became a Profit Center -- 9. The Social Turkey -- or, How the Turkey Became a Cultural Icon -- 10. The American Turkey -- or, How the Turkey Came Home to Roost -- PART 2: HISTORICAL RECIPES -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography and Resources -- Index -- back cover.