18 million weird old books are waiting for you in this free online archive

In 1885, while riding horseback through West Virginia's forests, Civil War veteran Charles McIlvaine had an idea that would either kill him or revolutionize American cooking – he decided to start eating wild mushrooms. His resulting book, One Thousand American Fungi reads like a mycological memoir meets survival guide. — Read the rest

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