Kurlansky Mark:
The Big Oyster

A Molluscular History Of New York

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Vintage (United Kingdom), 2007
Paperback, 336 pages
Size: 199x130 mm
ISBN: 9780099477594
ISBN-10: 0099477599

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The Big Oyster

When Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626, he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby Oyster Island, renamed Ellis Island in 1770. From the Minuit purchase until pollution finally destroyed the beds in the 1920s, New York was a city known for its oysters. This book presents the story of this city.

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