Rocky Mountain News 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.įor 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. a great tale of the growth of a modern city as seen through the rise and fall of the lowly oyster."
The New York Times "A small pearl of a book. Book Synopsis "Part treatise, part miscellany, unfailingly entertaining."
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