The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
Part treatise, part miscellany, unfailingly entertaining.”-The New York Times A small pearl of a book . . . a great tale of the growth of a modern city as seen through the rise and fall of the lowly oyster.”-Rocky Mountain NewsAward-winning author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York by following the trajectory of one of its most fascinating inhabitants-the oyster.For centuries New York was famous for this particular shellfish, which until the early 1900s played such a dominant a role in the city's life that the abundant bivalves were Gotham's most celebrated export, a staple food for all classes, and a natural filtration sys…
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- ISBN: 978-0-345-47639-5
- EAN: 9780345476395
- Produktnummer: 2440551
- Verlag: Random House
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 307 S.
- Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.4 cm x D1.9 cm 245 g
- Gewicht: 245
Über den Autor
Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling and James A. Beard Award—winning author of Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, Salt: A World History, 1968: The Year That Rocked the World, and The Basque History of the World, as well as Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue (his debut novel), and several other books. He lives in New York City.
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