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Format:
Book
Title:
Birdseye : the adventures of a curious man
ISBN:
9780385527057
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Doubleday, ©2012.
Physical Description:
xvii, 251 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents:
Prologue: a curious ending -- A nineteenth-century man -- Bugs begins -- Bob goes West -- Ticks -- Frozen -- Freezing -- The idea -- The deal -- The magic -- The inventor -- Beyond the sunset and the baths.
Summary:
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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