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Birdseye : the adventures of a curious man / Mark Kurlansky.

Kurlansky, Mark. (Author).
  • ISBN: 9780385527057 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0385527055 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • Description: xvii, 251 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, c2012.

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  • 13 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).

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Beverly Main NEW HD 9217 .U52 B575 2012 (Text to phone) Available -
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Contents: Prologue: a curious ending -- A nineteenth-century man -- Bugs begins -- Bob goes West -- Ticks -- Frozen -- Freezing -- The idea -- The deal -- The magic -- The inventor -- Beyond the sunset and the baths.
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.

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Subject: Birdseye, Clarence, 1886-1956.
Frozen foods industry > United States > History.
Inventors > United States > Biography.
Businessmen > United States > Biography.

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