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The Big Oyster - Mark Kurlansky - Bog

- A Molluscular History of New York

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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. In 1842, when the novelist Charles Dickens arrived in New York, he could not conceal his eagerness to find and experience the fabled oyster cellars of New York City's slums.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780099477594
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 336
  • Udgivet:
  • 5. april 2007
  • Størrelse:
  • 130x199x21 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 240 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: Ukendt - mangler pt.

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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. In 1842, when the novelist Charles Dickens arrived in New York, he could not conceal his eagerness to find and experience the fabled oyster cellars of New York City's slums.

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