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A book about � fish.

Yep, no kidding. And author Mark Kurlansky makes this informative and entertaining, I enjoyed this history of cod fishing.

I have heard described this genre as micro-history, meaning a hyper-focused inquiry into a specific subject. So rather than write a history of fishing, started with speculation about pre-history and running up to multi-national super ships and regulation, a micro-history instead can be about � cod.

Kurlansky explores details of the history and importance of this resource and that focus forms tangential stories to be told as they relate to cod.

Interestingly, the Basque people had a significant impact on our subject and now I want to read a history of those folks.

Better than expected, Kurlansky is a good writer and shares this with personality and wit. It is, though, still a history and so can get dry as we poke around the tributaries of the subject.