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Herring tales : how the silver darlings shaped human taste and history

Murray, Donald S.2016
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Following a journey from the western edge of Norway to the east of England, from Shetland and the Outer Hebrides to the fishing ports of the Baltic coast of Germany and the Netherlands, culminating in a visit to Iceland's Herring Era Museum, Donald S. Murray has stitched together tales of the fish that was of central importance to the lives of our ancestors, noting how both it - and those involved in their capture - were celebrated in the art, literature, craft, music and folklore of life in northern Europe.
Main title:
Herring tales : how the silver darlings shaped human taste and history / Donald S. Murray ; illustrations by Douglas Robertson.
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2016.
Collation:
272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472912176 (pbk)1472912179 (pbk)9781472912183 (ebook)
Dewey class:
333.9564 MUR333.9564
LC class:
SH351.H5
Language:
English
BRN:
311370
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