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9781582433523

The Philosopher Fish Sturgeon, Caviar, and the Geography of Desire

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    9781582433523

  • ISBN10:

    1582433526

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-02-14
  • Publisher: Counterpoint
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Summary

A high-stakes cocktail of business, crime, diplomacy, technology, and the dilemmas of conservation, The Philosopher Fish is the epic story of a 250-million-year-old fish struggling to survive.

Author Biography

Richard Adams Carey is the author of Against the Tide: The Fate of the New England Fisherman, a nonfiction chronicle of the 1995-96 fishing season in the lives of four Cape Cod commercial fishermen, among other works.

Table of Contents

Prologuep. xi
The Hero Descendingp. 1
The World Is Not Enoughp. 31
Flavors of the Divine Horizonp. 55
The People of the Sturgeonp. 75
Situation Unpleasantp. 95
A City of Waterp. 121
Poor Man's Lobsterp. 145
Russian Californiap. 165
A Poetry of Placep. 183
The Iron in the Gardenp. 203
Thieves Worldp. 225
The Blood of the Earthp. 241
A Capacity for Wonderp. 265
The Gilded Morselp. 285
Epiloguep. 301
Acknowledgmentsp. 303
Bibliographyp. 307
Indexp. 321
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