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Description for Eel
Paperback. Although it might seem the most mundane of fish when pulled from the mud of creeks, ponds, rivers or the sea, the eel's life cycle is one of the most remarkable on the planet. The author chronicles these creatures in all their aspects: their natural history to their market value; their occurence in art and literature; and their threatened status. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 224 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Although it might seem the most mundane of fish when pulled from the mud of creeks, ponds, rivers or the sea, the eel's life cycle is one of the most remarkable on the planet. Freshwater eels are born, according to current scientific theory, in remote ocean depths, and journey thousands of miles to fresh water where they spend their lives, before returning to the ocean to mate and die. A favourite food for humans since antiquity, feeding London's poor during the Middle Ages, and saving the Mayflower pilgrims from starvation on North America's shore, these days the Japanese alone account ... Read more
Although it might seem the most mundane of fish when pulled from the mud of creeks, ponds, rivers or the sea, the eel's life cycle is one of the most remarkable on the planet. Freshwater eels are born, according to current scientific theory, in remote ocean depths, and journey thousands of miles to fresh water where they spend their lives, before returning to the ocean to mate and die. A favourite food for humans since antiquity, feeding London's poor during the Middle Ages, and saving the Mayflower pilgrims from starvation on North America's shore, these days the Japanese alone account ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Animal
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861894236
SKU
V9781861894236
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Richard Schweid
Richard Schweid is senior editor of Barcelona Metropolitan magazine, and the author of many books, including Consider the Eel (2002), Che's Chevrolet, Fidel's Oldsmobile: On the Road in Cuba (2004), and Hereafter: Searching for Immortality (2006).
Reviews for Eel
'where Schweid excels in in his wonderfully illustrated historical account of the use that man has made of the eel, a story that extends from prehistory ... to the gross abuse of the eel resource at the hand of global markets and intensive aquaculture. Eel is a book to be enjoyed and often reread, a social history of real substance ... Read more