The Big Oyster: A Molluscular History of New York by Mark Kurlansky

The Big Oyster: A Molluscular History of New York

Mark Kurlansky

336 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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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 192...

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