Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky

Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

Mark Kurlansky

294 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous slow-paced
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What was it that fed the Viking expeditions, spurred the Pilgrims on to moneymaking success, drove the settlement of North America, and has also been a staple food in every cafeteria since the 1950s? That's right! The Codfish!

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