Big Oyster New York in the World (2006)

Kurlansky turns his investigative lens onto New York Harbour, tracing how the prolific bivalve shaped the culinary geography and maritime commerce of the New World. Sailing through colonial estuaries, bustling waterfront oyster cellars, and transatlantic export routes, the narrative captures the colourful dockworkers and sea captains who built an empire on molluscs. It offers an evocative waterfront journey detailing how industrial pollution and voracious global appetites eventually devastated one of the planet's great natural bounties.