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Books : Cod. a Biography of the Fish That Changed the World.
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780676971118
Format: Import
ISBN: 0676971113
Label: Penguin Books
Manufacturer: Penguin Books
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 1998
Publisher: Penguin Books
Studio: Penguin Books
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Rating:
- Connections ...
Remember that old PBS series where connections were made between seemingly unrelated topics? This reminds me of the show ... great read of even better historical research.
Rating: - Cod - the passenger pigeon of the sea?
More than most people would need or want to know about the fish that launched a thousand ships, Cod is the logical conclusion to Mark Kurlansky's saga of the Basques and Salt. The trilogy should be read in total to appreciate not only the industry and people who fished, but the depth of research and devotion of the author.
Rating:
- A fist full of Cod
Cod was about the first big export of british colonists in America. The first one that made a lot of permanent settlers wealthy. That is one way Cod is the fish that changed the world. Kurlansky even posits some theories that Basque fishermen had been fishing off New England well before Columbus hit the new world: like many great fishermen they kept their stash a secret so no one else could take it.
Like many early resources of British Colonial America, cod were eventually tapped ... Read More
Rating: - A quirky but tremendously entertaining history
Whenever I need to recommend an offbeat and enjoyable book to someone, this is the one I mention. The history of the New World interpreted thematically by retracing the search for and exploitation of the cod fishing grounds of North America turns out to be surprisingly gripping.
Rating: - cod: a well written history
Cod is an engaging history of the fish that changed the world. As an eye opening adventure, cod takes the reader from low impact commercial fishing of ancient Europe to the destructive power of modern fisheries. Mark Kurlansky shows his creativity and skill as he brings to focus the plight of cod. The author further illustrates the ability of super consumers to deplete a previously perceived inexhaustible cod population. In this biography is shown the effect cod fishing has had on individual lives, ... Read More
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Cod. a Biography of the Fish That Changed the World.
by: Mark. Kurlansky
EAN: 9780676971118
Format: Import
ISBN: 0676971113
Label: Penguin Books
Manufacturer: Penguin Books
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 1998
Publisher: Penguin Books
Studio: Penguin Books
Related Items:
- Salt: A World History
- The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
- The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation
- Spice: The History of a Temptation
- The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town
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Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Connections ...Remember that old PBS series where connections were made between seemingly unrelated topics? This reminds me of the show ... great read of even better historical research.
Rating:
- Cod - the passenger pigeon of the sea?More than most people would need or want to know about the fish that launched a thousand ships, Cod is the logical conclusion to Mark Kurlansky's saga of the Basques and Salt. The trilogy should be read in total to appreciate not only the industry and people who fished, but the depth of research and devotion of the author.
Rating:
- A fist full of CodCod was about the first big export of british colonists in America. The first one that made a lot of permanent settlers wealthy. That is one way Cod is the fish that changed the world. Kurlansky even posits some theories that Basque fishermen had been fishing off New England well before Columbus hit the new world: like many great fishermen they kept their stash a secret so no one else could take it.
Like many early resources of British Colonial America, cod were eventually tapped ... Read More
Rating:
- A quirky but tremendously entertaining historyWhenever I need to recommend an offbeat and enjoyable book to someone, this is the one I mention. The history of the New World interpreted thematically by retracing the search for and exploitation of the cod fishing grounds of North America turns out to be surprisingly gripping.
Rating:
- cod: a well written history Cod is an engaging history of the fish that changed the world. As an eye opening adventure, cod takes the reader from low impact commercial fishing of ancient Europe to the destructive power of modern fisheries. Mark Kurlansky shows his creativity and skill as he brings to focus the plight of cod. The author further illustrates the ability of super consumers to deplete a previously perceived inexhaustible cod population. In this biography is shown the effect cod fishing has had on individual lives, ... Read More
Arts & Photography • Biographies & Memoirs • Business & Investing • Children's Books • Comics & Graphic Novels • Computers & Internet • Cooking, Food & Wine • Entertainment • Gay & Lesbian • Health, Mind & Body • History • Home & Garden • Law • Literature & Fiction • Medicine • Mystery & Thrillers • Nonfiction • Outdoors & Nature • Parenting & Families • Professional & Technical • Reference • Religion & Spirituality • Romance • Science • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Sports • Teens • Travel •
