TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kurlansky,Mark
TI  - Cod: a biography of the fish that changed the world 
SN  - 9780099268703 [paperback]
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Codfish
KW  - Literary collections
KW  - Cod fisheries
KW  - Cooking (Codfish)
N1  - First published: Walker and Co., c1997; Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index; Pt. 1. A fish tale -- pt. 2. Limits -- pt. 3. The last hunters -- A cook's tale : six centuries of cod recipes; Adult
N2  - "Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (1997), a work of non-fiction by reporter and author Mark Kurlansky, traces the history of man’s exploitation of the North Atlantic cod as a resource, in order to shed light on our changing relationship with the natural world at large. A bestseller upon publication, Cod has been translated into more than fifteen languages. The book is a pioneer in the genre of historical writing that finds new angles on familiar stories by tracing the history of a particular commodity."--provided by the publisher
ER  -