The Founding Fish by John McPhee
A Natural History of the American Shad
A lyrical blend of natural history, reportage and personal narrative that follows the American shad — its anadromous lifecycle, habits and biology — while tracing the fish’s outsized role in colonial and early American diets, commerce and local identity; through fishing excursions, conversations with anglers and scientists, and archival research, the book illuminates how abundance once shaped communities, how dams, pollution and overfishing precipitated decline, and why this single species reveals broader truths about landscape, history and conservation.
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- Published
- 2002
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- American
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- Original Language
- English
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