{"product_id":"big-oyster-book-mark-kurlansky-9780345476395","title":"The Big Oyster","description":"\"Part treatise, part miscellany, unfailingly entertaining.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e-The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A small pearl of a book . . . a great tale of the growth of a modern city as seen through the rise and fall of the lowly oyster.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e-Rocky Mountain News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York by following the trajectory of one of its most fascinating inhabitants-the oyster.\u003cbr\u003e For centuries New York was famous for this particular shellfish, which until the early 1900s played such a dominant a role in the city's life that the abundant bivalves were Gotham's most celebrated export, a staple food for all classes, and a natural filtration system for the city's congested waterways.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Filled with cultural, historical, and culinary insight-along with historic recipes, maps, drawings, and photos-this dynamic narrative sweeps readers from the seventeenth-century founding of New York to the death of its oyster beds and the rise of America's environmentalist movement, from the oyster cellars of the rough-and-tumble Five Points slums to Manhattan's Gilded Age dining chambers. With \u003ci\u003eThe Big Oyster\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Kurlansky serves up history at its most engrossing, entertaining, and delicious.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Suffused with [Kurlansky's] pleasure in exploring the city across ground that hasn't already been covered with other writers' footprints.\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Fascinating stuff . . . [Kurlansky] has a keen eye for odd facts and natural detail.\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Kurlansky packs his breezy book with terrific anecdotes.\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Magnificent . . . a towering accomplishment.\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49522556371217,"sku":"CIN0345476395A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49677728678161,"sku":"CIN0345476395G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49895620968721,"sku":"GOR003299502","price":19.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50233499255057,"sku":"CIN0345476395VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50428452929809,"sku":"GOR013946830","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51253599404305,"sku":"NIN9780345476395","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52108568199441,"sku":"GOR003745444","price":17.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0345476395.jpg?v=1751428756","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/fr-fr\/products\/big-oyster-livre-mark-kurlansky-9780345476395","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}