Gibbons (1911-1975) learned how to forage growing up in New Mexico between the two world wars; his harvesting skills proved essential for feeing his impoverished family. He was a jack-of-all-trades who only realized his lifelong ambition – to become a writer – when his books on wild foods became bestsellers.
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