Table of Contents
ALSO BY MARK KURLANSKY
NONFICTION
The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester,
America’s Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
Salt: A World History
The Basque History of the World
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry
A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny
ANTHOLOGY
Choice Cuts: A Savory Selection of Food Writing from
Around the World and Throughout History
FICTION
Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue: A Novel of Pastry, Guilt, and Music
The White Man in the Tree and Other Stories
FOR CHILDREN
The Story of Salt
The Girl Who Swam to Euskadi
The Cod’s Tale
TRANSLATION
The Belly of Paris
(Émile Zola)
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