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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World - Mark Kurlansky (1998) NEW✨
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780140275018
- Book Title
- Cod : a Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
- Item Length
- 7.2in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Nature, Cooking, Social Science
- Topic
- Animals / Fish, Specific Ingredients / Seafood, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Fisheries & Aquaculture
- Item Width
- 5.1in
- Item Weight
- 6.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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An unexpected, energetic look at world history on sea and land from the bestselling author of Salt and The Basque History of the World Cod , Mark Kurlansky's third work of nonfiction and winner of the 1999 James Beard Award , is the biography of a single species of fish, but it may as well be a world history with this humble fish as its recurring main character. Cod, it turns out, is the reason Europeans set sail across the Atlantic, and it is the only reason they could. What did the Vikings eat in icy Greenland and on the five expeditions to America recorded in the Icelandic sagas? Cod, frozen and dried in the frosty air, then broken into pieces and eaten like hardtack. What was the staple of the medieval diet? Cod again, sold salted by the Basques, an enigmatic people with a mysterious, unlimited supply of cod. As we make our way through the centuries of cod history, we also find a delicious legacy of recipes, and the tragic story of environmental failure, of depleted fishing stocks where once their numbers were legendary. In this lovely, thoughtful history, Mark Kurlansky ponders the question: Is the fish that changed the world forever changed by the world's folly? "Every once in a while a writer of particular skill takes a fresh, seemingly improbable idea and turns out a book of pure delight. Such is the case of Mark Kurlansky and the codfish." -David McCullough, author of The Wright Brothers and 1776
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140275010
ISBN-13
9780140275018
eBay Product ID (ePID)
173185
Product Key Features
Book Title
Cod : a Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Animals / Fish, Specific Ingredients / Seafood, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Fisheries & Aquaculture
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Nature, Cooking, Social Science
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
6.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pn6071.C66k87 1997
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
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Up
Reviews
"A charming fish tale and a pretty gift for your favorite seafood cook or fishing monomaniac. But in the last analysis, it's a bitter ecological fable for our time." - Los Angeles Times "Every once in a while a writer of particular skill takes a fresh, seemingly improbable idea and turns out a book of pure delight. Such is the case of Mark Kurlansky and the codfish." -David McCullough, author of 1776 , John Adams , and The Wright Brothers "One of the 25 Best Books of the Year." - The New York Public Library "A subject as mighty and tragic as this deserves an excellent biographer, and in Mark Kurlansky, cod has found one. Beautifully written and elegantly illustrated . . . Kurlansky's marvelous fish opus stands as a reminder of what good non-fiction used to be: eloquent, learned, and full of earthy narratives that delight and appall." - The Globe and Mail "In the end the book stands as a kind of elegy, a loving eulogy not only to a fish, but to the people whose lives have been shaped by the habits of the fish, and whose way of life is now at an end." - Newsday "What a prodigious creature is the cod. Kurlansky's approach is intriguing - and deceptively whimsical. This little book is a work of no small consequence." -Business Week "In the story of the cod, Mark Kurlansky has found the tragic fable of our age - abundance turned to scarcity through determined shortsightedness. This classic history will stand as an epitaph and a warning." -Bill McKibben "This is an extraordinary little book, unputdownable, written in the most lyrical, flowing style which paints vivid pictures and, at the same time, punches into place hard facts that stop you dead in your tracks. Who would ever think that a book on cod would make a compulsive read? And yet this is precisely what Kurlansky has done "-- Sir Roy Strong Express on Sunday( London) "An engrossing and timely little epic" Scotsman (Edinburgh) "To go out and buy a book on the subject (of cod) is to invite glances of suspicion. While a few eccentrics might think this is a good reason to purchase several copies, for the rest of us it requires a certain leap of faith. Cod ...amply rewards such a leap. It is compact and beautifully produced" Mail on Sunday (London) "Refreshing and invigorating, full of fascinating facts" Independent on Sunday(London), James Beard Award Winner "This eminently readable book is a new tool for scanning world history. It leads to a vastly different perception of why folks did what they did... history filtered through the gills of the fish trade." -- The New York Times "A charming fish tale and a pretty gift for your favorite seafood cook or fishing monomaniac. But in the last analysis, it's a bitter ecological fable for our time." - Los Angeles Times "Every once in a while a writer of particular skill takes a fresh, seemingly improbable idea and turns out a book of pure delight. Such is the case of Mark Kurlansky and the codfish." -David McCullough, author of 1776 , John Adams , and The Wright Brothers "One of the 25 Best Books of the Year." - The New York Public Library "A subject as mighty and tragic as this deserves an excellent biographer, and in Mark Kurlansky, cod has found one. Beautifully written and elegantly illustrated . . . Kurlansky's marvelous fish opus stands as a reminder of what good non-fiction used to be: eloquent, learned, and full of earthy narratives that delight and appall." - The Globe and Mail (Toronto) "In the end the book stands as a kind of elegy, a loving eulogy not only to a fish, but to the people whose lives have been shaped by the habits of the fish, and whose way of life is now at an end." - Newsday "What a prodigious creature is the cod. Kurlansky's approach is intriguing - and deceptively whimsical. This little book is a work of no small consequence." - Business Week "In the story of the cod, Mark Kurlansky has found the tragic fable of our age - abundance turned to scarcity through determined shortsightedness. This classic history will stand as an epitaph and a warning." -Bill McKibben "This is an extraordinary little book, unputdownable, written in the most lyrical, flowing style which paints vivid pictures and, at the same time, punches into place hard facts that stop you dead in your tracks. Who would ever think that a book on cod would make a compulsive read? And yet this is precisely what Kurlansky has done "- - Sir Roy Strong Express on Sunday (London) "An engrossing and timely little epic" Scotsman (Edinburgh) "To go out and buy a book on the subject (of cod) is to invite glances of suspicion. While a few eccentrics might think this is a good reason to purchase several copies, for the rest of us it requires a certain leap of faith. Cod ...amply rewards such a leap. It is compact and beautifully produced" Mail on Sunday (London) "Refreshing and invigorating, full of fascinating facts" Independent on Sunday (London), "A charming fish tale and a pretty gift for your favorite seafood cook or fishing monomaniac. But in the last analysis, it's a bitter ecological fable for our time." - Los Angeles Times "Every once in a while a writer of particular skill takes a fresh, seemingly improbable idea and turns out a book of pure delight. Such is the case of Mark Kurlansky and the codfish." -David McCullough, author of 1776 , John Adams , and The Wright Brothers "One of the 25 Best Books of the Year." - The New York Public Library "A subject as mighty and tragic as this deserves an excellent biographer, and in Mark Kurlansky, cod has found one. Beautifully written and elegantly illustrated . . . Kurlansky's marvelous fish opus stands as a reminder of what good non-fiction used to be: eloquent, learned, and full of earthy narratives that delight and appall." - The Globe and Mail "In the end the book stands as a kind of elegy, a loving eulogy not only to a fish, but to the people whose lives have been shaped by the habits of the fish, and whose way of life is now at an end." - Newsday "What a prodigious creature is the cod. Kurlansky's approach is intriguing - and deceptively whimsical. This little book is a work of no small consequence." -Business Week "In the story of the cod, Mark Kurlansky has found the tragic fable of our age - abundance turned to scarcity through determined shortsightedness. This classic history will stand as an epitaph and a warning." -Bill McKibben, "A charming fish tale and a pretty gift for your favorite seafood cook or fishing monomaniac. But in the last analysis, it's a bitter ecological fable for our time." - Los Angeles Times "Every once in a while a writer of particular skill takes a fresh, seemingly improbable idea and turns out a book of pure delight. Such is the case of Mark Kurlansky and the codfish." -David McCullough, author of 1776 , John Adams , and The Wright Brothers "One of the 25 Best Books of the Year." - The New York Public Library "A subject as mighty and tragic as this deserves an excellent biographer, and in Mark Kurlansky, cod has found one. Beautifully written and elegantly illustrated . . . Kurlansky's marvelous fish opus stands as a reminder of what good non-fiction used to be: eloquent, learned, and full of earthy narratives that delight and appall." - The Globe and Mail "In the end the book stands as a kind of elegy, a loving eulogy not only to a fish, but to the people whose lives have been shaped by the habits of the fish, and whose way of life is now at an end." - Newsday "What a prodigious creature is the cod. Kurlansky's approach is intriguing - and deceptively whimsical. This little book is a work of no small consequence." -Business Week "In the story of the cod, Mark Kurlansky has found the tragic fable of our age - abundance turned to scarcity through determined shortsightedness. This classic history will stand as an epitaph and a warning." -Bill McKibben
Table of Content
Prologue: Sentry on the Headlands (So Close to Ireland) PART ONE: A FISH TALE 1: The Race to Codlandia 2: With Mouth Wide Open 3: The Cod Rush 4: 1620: The Rock and the Cod 5: Certain Inalienable Rights 6: A Cod War Heard 'Round the World PART TWO: LIMITS 7: A Few New Ideas Versus Nine Million Eggs 8: The Last Two Ideas 9: Iceland Discovers the Finite Universe 10: Three Wars to Close the Open Sea PART THREE: THE LAST HUNTERS 11: Requiem for the Grand Banks 12: The Dangerous Waters of Nature's Resilience 13: Bracing for the Spanish Armada 14: Bracing for the Canadian Armada A COOK'S TALE: SIX CENTURIES OF COD RECIPES Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
Copyright Date
1997
Lccn
97-012165
Dewey Decimal
333.9/56633
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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