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Description for Salmon
Paperback. Part of the "Animal" series, this book relates the natural and cultural history of the salmon, a symbol of fortitude, fecundity, self-sacrifice, loyalty to place, and unwavering pursuit of destiny. Introducing the reader to the 'king of fish', it encompasses the salmon's evolutionary, ecological and human stories. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 216 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 48 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
Every year, wild salmon travel hundreds of miles upstream. They fight fierce river currents, leap over rocks and small waterfalls, and die by the thousands of starvation, disease and exposure to cold. Even if they surmount these obstacles the fish risk becoming dinner for hungry predators like bears, birds and humans. Guided by a keen sense of smell, the survivors travel to their original hatching grounds, where they breed, spawn and die in a short space of time. Inspired by the remarkable homing instinct of one of the natural world's greatest wonders, we have selected the salmon as a ... Read more
Every year, wild salmon travel hundreds of miles upstream. They fight fierce river currents, leap over rocks and small waterfalls, and die by the thousands of starvation, disease and exposure to cold. Even if they surmount these obstacles the fish risk becoming dinner for hungry predators like bears, birds and humans. Guided by a keen sense of smell, the survivors travel to their original hatching grounds, where they breed, spawn and die in a short space of time. Inspired by the remarkable homing instinct of one of the natural world's greatest wonders, we have selected the salmon as a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Animal
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861892959
SKU
V9781861892959
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Peter Coates
Peter Coates is Reader in American and Environmental History, Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol. He is the author of The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Controversy (1991) and Nature: Western Attitudes Since Ancient Times (1998), and co-author of Environment and History: The Taming of Nature in the USA and South Africa (1995).
Reviews for Salmon
'an engagingly written and handsomely produced account of a phenomenal fish.' - The Independent 'The words flow as easily and clearly as a well-oxygenated salmon stream and the text is illustrated with a wide variety of excellent photographs; including, surprisingly, a few of semi-naked beauties modelling attire made entirely out of salmon skin ... [the book] is first ... Read more