Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of a Common Fate
In what he says is the most important piece of environmental writing in his long and award-winning career, Mark Kurlansky, best-selling author of Salt and Cod, The Big Oyster, 1968, and Milk, among many others, employs his signature multi-century storytelling and compelling attention to detail to ch...
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ftwrightuniv:oai:corescholar.libraries.wright.edu:dlpp_all-1577 2023-05-15T16:49:15+02:00 Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of a Common Fate Kurlansky, Mark 2020-01-01T08:00:00Z https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/dlpp_all/577 unknown CORE Scholar https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/dlpp_all/577 Browse All Work by DLPP Recipients and Runners-Up Arts and Humanities Nonfiction text 2020 ftwrightuniv 2021-11-21T09:31:14Z In what he says is the most important piece of environmental writing in his long and award-winning career, Mark Kurlansky, best-selling author of Salt and Cod, The Big Oyster, 1968, and Milk, among many others, employs his signature multi-century storytelling and compelling attention to detail to chronicle the harrowing yet awe-inspiring life cycle of salmon. During his research Kurlansky traveled widely and observed salmon and those who both pursue and protect them in the Pacific and the Atlantic, in Ireland, Norway, Iceland, Japan, and even the robust but not as frequently visited Kamchatka Peninsula. This world tour reveals an eras-long history of man’s misdirected attempts to manipulate salmon and its environments for his own benefit and gain, whether for entertainment or to harvest food. https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/dlpp_all/1577/thumbnail.jpg Text Iceland Kamchatka Kamchatka Peninsula Wright State University: CORE Scholar (Campus Online Repository) Kamchatka Peninsula ENVELOPE(160.000,160.000,56.000,56.000) Norway Pacific |
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In what he says is the most important piece of environmental writing in his long and award-winning career, Mark Kurlansky, best-selling author of Salt and Cod, The Big Oyster, 1968, and Milk, among many others, employs his signature multi-century storytelling and compelling attention to detail to chronicle the harrowing yet awe-inspiring life cycle of salmon. During his research Kurlansky traveled widely and observed salmon and those who both pursue and protect them in the Pacific and the Atlantic, in Ireland, Norway, Iceland, Japan, and even the robust but not as frequently visited Kamchatka Peninsula. This world tour reveals an eras-long history of man’s misdirected attempts to manipulate salmon and its environments for his own benefit and gain, whether for entertainment or to harvest food. https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/dlpp_all/1577/thumbnail.jpg |
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