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Will most of the major fisheries of the world be exhausted by 2048, as has been claimed? Have the number of large fish in the ocean decreased by 90 per cent over the past 50 years, as has been asserted by a respected scientist? Are 60 per cent of the fish species studied by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation either fully exploited or depleted, as one of their reports attests? Fishing at sea, an ancient trade and a way of life that has defined coastal towns throughout history, may be coming to an end. The culture and traditions of coastal Britain and of seagoing nations everywhere are now threatened with extinction. In his most important book yet, Mark Kurlansky - the celebrated author of Cod, Salt and The Big Oyster - explores the fate of our oceans and the decline of our most ancient coastal enterprise. The Last Fish Tale sends up a timely distress flare but one which brilliantly illuminates a colourful, exuberant and poignant landscape, from Newlyn in Cornwall to Gloucester in Massachusetts - a fishing village first settled by Englishmen in the early 1600s.The result is a cultural, economic, environmental and culinary bouillabaisse - the most compelling fish tale of our time.
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Mark Kurlansky is the bestselling author of several bestselling nonfiction titles including Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (winner of the Glenfiddich Best Food Book Award), The Basque History of the World, Salt: A World History, 1968: The Year that Rocked the World, a short story collection The White Man in the Tree and a novel, Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue.
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Praise for Mark Kurlansky's The Big Oyster "Part treatise, part miscellany, unfailingly entertaining."-The New York Times "Suffused with [Kurlansky's] pleasure in exploring the city across ground that hasn't already been covered with other writers' footprints."-Los Angeles Times Book Review "Fascinating stuff . . . [Kurlansky] has a keen eye for odd facts and natural detail."-The Wall Street Journal "Kurlansky packs his breezy book with terrific anecdotes."-Entertainment Weekly "Magnificent . . . a towering achievement."-Associated Press
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- PublisherChatto Bodley Head & Cape
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0224085719
- ISBN 13 9780224085717
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages320
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Book Description First Edition. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; xxxiii, 268 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. [247]-253; and index. Subjects; Fisheries Massachusetts Gloucester ; Anecdotes. Fishing ports Massachusetts Gloucester ; Anecdotes. Fisheries Massachusetts Gloucester History. Fishing Massachusetts Gloucester History. Fisheries Massachusetts Gloucester. Fishing ports Massachusetts Gloucester. Fisheries Massachusetts Gloucester ; Anecdotes. Fishing ports Massachusetts Gloucester ; Anecdotes. Fisheries Massachusetts Gloucester History. Fishing Massachusetts Gloucester History. Gloucester (Mass.) History ; Anecdotes. Gloucester (Mass.) History ; Anecdotes. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 338751
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Book Description First Edition. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; xxxiii, 268 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. [247]-253; and index. Subjects; Fisheries Massachusetts Gloucester ; Anecdotes. Fishing ports Massachusetts Gloucester ; Anecdotes. Fisheries Massachusetts Gloucester History. Fishing Massachusetts Gloucester History. Fisheries Massachusetts Gloucester. Fishing ports Massachusetts Gloucester. Fisheries Massachusetts Gloucester ; Anecdotes. Fishing ports Massachusetts Gloucester ; Anecdotes. Fisheries Massachusetts Gloucester History. Fishing Massachusetts Gloucester History. Gloucester (Mass.) History ; Anecdotes. Gloucester (Mass.) History ; Anecdotes. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 338751
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Book Description Paperback. Airports / Exports ed. Will most of the major fisheries of the world be exhausted by 2048, as has been claimed? Have the number of large fish in the ocean decreased by 90 per cent over the past 50 years, as has been asserted by a respected scientist? Are 60 per cent of the fish species studied by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation either fully exploited or depleted, as one of their reports attests? Fishing at sea, an ancient trade and a way of life that has defined coastal towns throughout history, may be coming to an end. The culture and traditions of coastal Britain and of seagoing nations everywhere are now threatened with extinction. In his most important book yet, Mark Kurlansky - the celebrated author of Cod, Salt and The Big Oyster - explores the fate of our oceans and the decline of our most ancient coastal enterprise. The Last Fish Tale sends up a timely distress flare but one which brilliantly illuminates a colourful, exuberant and poignant landscape, from Newlyn in Cornwall to Gloucester in Massachusetts - a fishing village first settled by Englishmen in the early 1600s. The result is a cultural, economic, environmental and culinary bouillabaisse - the most compelling fish tale of our time. 2008. First edition, first printing. A fine, unmarked copy in as new condition. Seller Inventory # 7349684
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