[PDF.27ph] The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

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 | #296073 in Books |  2006-02-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.40 x1.00 x5.30l,.80 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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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,

Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster. Now 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, whose influence on the great metropolis remains unparalleled.

For centuries New York was famous for its oysters, which until the early 1900s played such a dominant a role in the city s economy, gastronomy, and ecology that t...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell   |  Mark Kurlansky. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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