Simultaneous release with the Ballantine hardcover (Reviews, Sept. Stechschulte's fine reading entertains while educating about how New York City, once known for its oysters and concretely connected to the sea, slowly becomes an island unto itself, losing its connection to its surrounding waterways completely and, along the way, lost some of its unique identity to the name of progress. 23.95 New Yorkers, it seems, are endlessly fascinated by their city. Is a cautionary tale of man's nature, which lays waste to any exploitable resource, with conservation always a tardy afterthought. The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell.By Mark Kurlansky. With an authoritative yet amiable tone and sounding very much like Gene Hackman, Stechschulte delivers the information in as calm and instructive, yet wholly engaging way. The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell by Mark Kurlansky 4.3 (17) Paperback (Reprint) 15.99 18.00 Save 11 Paperback 15.99 eBook 11.99 Audiobook 0. Kurlansky (The Cods Tale) offers an urgent account of the problems that threaten the. ) ode to the heyday of the Crassostrea virginicas Tom Stechschulte's pairing with Kurlansky's ( Salt Who knew that New York City was once the oyster capital of the world, and that at one time it held half of the earth's supply, harvesting 700 million in 1880 alone? Or that oysters were not just a delicacy for aristocrats but also affordable, cheap even, sustenance for working folk. Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster.

The big oyster by mark kurlansky