WINNER OF THE JOHN AVERY AWARD AT THE ANDRÉ SIMON AWARDS
If we can save the salmon, we can save the world
Over the centuries, salmon have been a vital resource, a dietary staple and an irresistible catch. But there is so much more to this extraordinary fish.
As international bestseller Mark Kurlansky reveals, salmon persist as a barometer for the health of our planet. Centuries of our greatest assaults on nature can be seen in their harrowing yet awe-inspiring life cycle.
Full of all Kurlansky’s characteristic curiosity and insight, Salmon is a magisterial history of a wondrous creature.
‘An epic, environmental tragedy’ Spectator
‘These creatures have nurtured our imagination as surely as our bodies. This book does them justice!’ Bill McKibben
- 320 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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HistoryTable of contents
- Cover
- Praise for Mark Kurlansky
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraphs
- Contents
- Prologue: A Tale of Two Fisheries
- PART ONE: The Hero
- 1 A Family Matter
- 2 A Hero’s Life
- PART TWO: A Human Problem
- 3 The Original Salmon
- 4 Old Ways in the New Land
- 5 A Golden Fish Arrives in the East
- 6 When it Was Working
- 7 The White Man Comes
- 8 Nowhere to Run
- PART THREE: The Problem with Solutions
- 9 Why Not Make More?
- 10 Sea Cattle
- 11 The Release
- PART FOUR: A Dangerous Future
- 12 Elegy for the Atlantic
- 13 The Ballad of the Pacific
- 14 The Golden Fish Departs
- Epilogue: It Concerns Us
- Image Section
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Imprint Page
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