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050	0	0	_aTX754.O98 _bK87 2006
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100	1		_aKurlansky, Mark, _eauthor. _9262485
245	1	4	_aThe Big Oyster : _bNew York on the half shell / _cMark Kurlansky.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBallantine Books, _c[2006]
264		4	_c©2006
300			_axx, 307 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 283-294) and index.
505	0		_aThe beds of Eden -- A molluscular life -- The bivalvent Dung Hill -- The fecundity of Bivalvency -- A nice bed to visit -- Becoming the world's oyster -- Eggocentric New Yorkers -- The shells of sodom -- The crassostreasness of New Yorkers -- Making your own bed -- Ostreamaniacal behavior -- Ostracized in the golden age -- Enduring shellfishness.
520	1		_a"Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster. Author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York by following the trajectory of one of its most fascinating inhabitants - the oyster, whose influence on the great metropolis remains unparalleled." "For centuries New York was famous for its oysters, which until the early 1900s played such a dominant a role in the city's economy, gastronomy, and ecology that the abundant bivalves were Gotham's most celebrated export, a staple food for the wealthy, the poor, and tourists alike, and the primary natural defense against pollution for the city's congested waterways." "Filled with cultural, historical, and culinary insight - along with historic recipes, maps, drawings, and photos - this narrative sweeps readers from the island hunting ground of the Lenape Indians to the death of the 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 poshest Gilded Age dining chambers." "Kurlansky brings characters to life while recounting dramatic incidents that changed the course of New York history. Here are the stories behind Peter Stuyvesant's peg leg and Robert Fulton's "Folly"; the oyster merchant and pioneering African American leader Thomas Downing; the birth of the business lunch at Delmonico's; early feminist Fanny Fern, one of the highest-paid newspaper writers in the city; even "Diamond" Jim Brady, who we discover was not the gourmand of popular legend."--BOOK JACKET.
588			_aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
650		0	_aCooking (Oysters) _9316148
650		0	_aOysters _zNew York (State) _zNew York _9675313
856	4	1	_3Sample text _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005049853-s.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005049853-b.html
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