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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World Book

To make the history of a fish interesting, invigorating and moving is an almost impossible feat that Mark Kurlansky accomplishes fantastically well in this compact, learned, beautifully written gem of a book. Cod traces humankind's involvement with what was once one of the world's most plentiful foodstuffs. The Basque people, who Kurlansky suggests found America before Columbus, could only fish and forage (for whale meat) as far as they did because of the huge schools of cod they found, caught and salted as they went. Centuries before this Vikings had travelled from Norway across to Canada--the exact range of the Atlantic cod. Interspersed with old and forgotten recipes Cod becomes a fitting requiem to a fish no-one believed would ever become scarce nor become such a telling metaphor for our careless treatment of the sea, its bounty and our wider environment. --Mark ThwaiteRead More

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    From the Vikings to Clarence Birdseye, the author introduces the explorers, merchants, writers, chefs and fisherman, whose lives have been interwoven with the prolific fish. He chronicles the cod wars of the 16th and 20th centuries. He shows how the most profitable fish in history is faced with extinction.

  • Foyles

    'An engrossing and timely little epic' - The Scotsman  The Cod. Wars have been fought over it, revolutions have been triggered by it, national diets have been based on it, economies and livelihoods have depended on it. To the millions it has sustained, it has been a treasure more precious that gold. This book spans 1,000 years and four continents. From the Vikings to Clarence Birdseye, Mark Kurlansky introduces the explorers, merchants, writers, chefs and fisherman, whose lives have been interwoven with this prolific fish. He chronicles the cod wars of the 16th and 20th centuries. He blends in recipes and lore from the Middle Ages to the present. In a story that brings world history and human passions into captivating focus, he shows how the most profitable fish in history is today faced with extinction.

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    The Cod - wars have been fought over it revolutions have been triggered by it national diets have been based on it economies and livelihoods have depended on it. To the millions it has sustained it has been a treasure more precious that gold. This book spans 1 000 years and four continents. From the Vikings to Clarence Birdseye Mark Kurlansky introduces the explorers merchants writers chefs and fisherman whose lives have been interwoven with this prolific fish. He chronicles the cod wars of the 16th and 20th centuries. He blends in recipes and lore from the Middle Ages to the present. In a story that brings world history and human passions into captivating focus he shows how the most profitable fish in history is today faced with extinction.

  • BookDepository

    Cod : Paperback : Vintage Publishing : 9780099268703 : 0099268701 : 06 May 1999 : 'Who would ever think that a book on cod would make a compulsive read? In a story that brings world history and human passions into captivating focus, he shows how the most profitable fish in history is today faced with extinction.

  • 0099268701
  • 9780099268703
  • Mark Kurlansky
  • 6 May 1999
  • Vintage
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 304
  • New edition
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