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Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man
Written by Mark Kurlansky
Narrated by Jon Van Ness
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Break out the TV dinners! 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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Mark Kurlansky
Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling author of Milk!, Havana, Paper, The Big Oyster, 1968, Salt, The Basque History of the World, Cod, and Salmon, among other titles. He has received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Bon Appétit's Food Writer of the Year Award, the James Beard Award, and the Glenfiddich Award. He lives in New York City. www.markkurlansky.com
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Reviews for Birdseye
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What a great story about a fascinating man! I learned a lot not just about Birdseye but about history in general. I would give it 5 stars but the narrator wasn’t my favorite.