Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate

In what he says is the most important piece of environmental writing in his long and award-winning career, Mark Kurlansky, best-selling author of*Salt*and*Cod,*The Big Oyster, 1968,*and*Milk, among many others, employs his signature multi-century storytelling and compelling attention to detail to chronicle the harrowing yet awe-inspiring life cycle of salmon.

During his research Kurlansky traveled widely and observed salmon and those who both pursue and protect them in the Pacific and the At...