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The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

â€œPart treatise, part miscellany, unfailingly entertaining.â€â€“The New York Times â€œA 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.â€â€“Rocky Mountain NewsAward-winning author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New More »

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The Average Review score is 4.1 on a scale of 5.0. Total 54 reviewers are considered to generate the average review. Some of the new or latest reviews in Meat, Poultry & Seafood might be helpful and interesting to you. This average review is fetched by Kirsten Tranter and posted on 13 July

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#5 Stars: 27 , #4 Stars: 16 , #3 Stars: 5 , #2 Stars: 3 , #1 Star: 3

[ 5.0 stars ] "The history of New York city in an oyster shell!! This book is a great introduction to the history of New York and the Oyster industry, international in it's reach and the motivation and resource for settlement on Manhattan Is and surrounds....the settlement which, after Europeans arrived, became NYC!These succulent molluscs (I've eaten thousands of 'em) have been both low end staple a ..." Courtesy by Amazon
- The Meat, Poultry & Seafood review is genenrated by Geraldtonjjeeper which was written on August 12, 2013 Review fetched on September 1, 2013 by Books Central.

[ 5.0 stars ] "I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the oyster steeped in mankind, civilization, principally after discovery in New York, with so many tangential and familiar histories to compliment and flavor with perspective and then its demise as NY grew in ignorance of so much. ..." Courtesy by Amazon
- The Meat, Poultry & Seafood review is genenrated by Bart S. Culbertson which was written on July 24, 2013 Review fetched on September 1, 2013 by Books Central.

[ 5.0 stars ] "Having grown up in New York City, specifically on Staten Island, The Big Oyster, was a wonderful way to re-learn the history of New York City from a particular point of view. It's a shame that more history isn't taught from the microcosm of local industry and culture, rather than the text book overview.This book is enjoyable, well written, droll at times, While a lot must have been left ou ..." Courtesy by Amazon
- The Meat, Poultry & Seafood review is genenrated by Jonathan W. Lane which was written on June 24, 2013 Review fetched on September 1, 2013 by Books Central.

[ 5.0 stars ] "I never knew what an important little critter I was involved in catching in the waters off Apalachicola Florida. I had as child work the bays off Long Island New York. My family had worked as Bay-men for perhaps hundreds of years the water off Long Island, I could have never guessed how important the Oyster was and perhaps will be to the survival of New York and its people. ..." Courtesy by Amazon
- The Meat, Poultry & Seafood review is genenrated by Robert Demott which was written on April 2, 2013
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[ 4.0 stars ] "More of a history of New York City than just about bivalves. But that's not a bad thing. Definitely worth reading. ..." Courtesy by Amazon
- The Meat, Poultry & Seafood review is genenrated by Jerrick Haddad "jerrick" which was written on March 28, 2013
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Available	Yes
Author	Mark Kurlansky
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780345476395
Edition	Reprint
ISBN	0345476395
Label	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Trade Paperbacks
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	336
PackageQuantity	1
ProductGroup	Book
ProductTypeName	ABIS_BOOK
PublicationDate	2007-01-09
Publisher	Random House Trade Paperbacks
ReleaseDate	2007-01-09
Studio	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Title	The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

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