[PDF.76bj] The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

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 | #32024 in Books |  Mark Kurlansky |  2007-01-09 |  2007-01-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.80 x5.20l,.54 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

 | The Big Oyster History on the Half Shell

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Oysters and WW2|By Christopher Kelly|In Mark Kurlansky's wonderful book, The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell we learn about the bivalve bounty that once existed off the shores of Manhattan. Kurlansnky writes, "By 1880, New York was the undisputed capital of history's greatest oyster boom in its golden age, which lasted until at least 1910. The oyster beds of the New Yor|From Publishers Weekly|Starred . Here's a chatty, free-wheeling history of New York City told from the humble perspective of the once copious, eagerly consumed, now decimated eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginicas). Research addict Kurlansky (Cod,

“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 News

Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York by following the trajectory of one of its most fascinating inhabitants–the oyster.
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell   |  Mark Kurlansky. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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