Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER * INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

"History filtered through the gills of the fish trade." -New York Times
“A charming fish tale and a pretty gift for your favorite seafood cook or fishing monomaniac." -Los Angeles Times

Mark Kurlansky's classic history of the mighty fish that became "the tragic fable of our age" (Bill McKibben)-with a new foreword by New York Times bestselling fish afficionado Paul Greenberg.

The great codfish: root of revolutions and wars, centerpiece of die...