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%
reflective 20%
lighthearted 16%
adventurous 13%
challenging 10%
funny 10%
hopeful 10%
inspiring 3%
sad 3%

Pace

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slow 23%
fast 3%

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