The Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor Corson

The Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor Corson

In this intimate portrait of an island lobstering community and an eccentric band of renegade biologists, journalist Trevor Corson escorts students onto the slippery decks of fishing boats, through danger-filled scuba dives, and deep into the churning currents of the Gulf of Maine to learn about the secret undersea lives of lobsters. In revelations from the laboratory and the sea that are by turns astonishing and humorous, the lobster proves itself to be not only a delicious meal and a sustainable resource, but also an amorous master of the boudoir, a lethal boxer, and a snoopy socializer with a nose that lets it track prey and paramour alike with the skill of a bloodhound. The Secret Life of Lobsters is a rollicking oceanic odyssey punctuated by salt spray, melted butter, and predators lurking in the murky depths.

Lobster is served three ways in this fascinating book: by fisherman, scientist and the crustaceans themselves. . . . Corson, who worked aboard commercial lobster boats for two years, weaves together these three worlds. The human worlds are surely interesting; but they can't top the lobster life on the ocean floor.-Washington Post

Trevor Corson, author of The Hidden Lives of Lobsters, has lived in Buddhist monasteries in Japan, studied philosophy in China, and worked on commercial fishing boats off the Maine coast. He is the only sushi concierge in the United States and has written for the Atlantic Monthly and the New York Times. He currently resides in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9780060555580
ISBN 10	0060555580
Title	The Secret Life of Lobsters
Author	Trevor Corson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2004-06-01
Number of pages	289
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