The Big Oyster: A Molluscular History Of New York

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.

• | By (Author): Mark Kurlansky
• | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
• | Publication Date: Apr 05, 2007
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 336 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0099477599
• | ISBN-13: 9780099477594