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Birdseye the adventures of a curious man

From the author who gave us" Cod," "Salt," and other informative bestsellers, the first biography of Clarence Birdseye, the eccentric genius inventor whose fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kurlansky, Mark
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Doubleday, c2012.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Birdseye, Clarence, > 1886-1956. Frozen foods industry > United States > History. Inventors > United States > Biography. Businessmen > United States > Biography.
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Summary:	From the author who gave us" Cod," "Salt," and other informative bestsellers, the first biography of Clarence Birdseye, the eccentric genius inventor whose fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture.
Physical Description:	xvii, 251 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780385527057 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0385527055 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780385535885 (electronic) 0385535880 (electronic)
Author Notes:	Mark Kurlansky is the author of The Basque History of the World, the New York Times bestseller Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (among the New York Public Library's Best Books of the Year in 1998), as well as A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry; A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny, and several acclaimed works of short fiction and journalism about the Caribbean. He spent seven years as the Caribbean correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. He lives in New York City. (Bowker Author Biography)