The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell by Mark Kurlansky

The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

Mark Kurlansky

307 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced

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

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informative 100%
challenging 21%
lighthearted 21%
adventurous 14%
funny 7%

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slow 38%
fast 7%

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