What strategy can I use to identify a cookbook with a torn off cover? My mother left me a cookbook that is the most amazing one I have ever seen. It is approx 1700 pages, the last pages are missing on my copy. I remember the cover, which is long gone, was green. It is definitely American as it has instructions for dressing American game. Also includes canning, preserving and pickling. As well as freezing, menus, diet patterns, a homemaker's handbook for purchasing fruits and vegetables. Also instructions on stretching the food dollar. So my question is how or where can I find out the name of this cookbook?
You can find online copies of such cookbooks in Project Gutenberg, in the cooking section. For example:


The American Frugal Housewife, by Lydia M. Child
The Golden Age Cook Book
The Allinson Vegetarian Cookery Book, by Thomas R. Allinson.