Bibliograph

Lobster, Richard J. King

Type

Label

Lobster, Richard J. King

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexIncludes web resources (p. 202-204)

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lobster

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

670480401

Responsibility statement

Richard J. King

Series statement

Animal

Summary

Takes us on a journey through the history, biology, and culture of lobsters, including the creature's economic and environmental status worldwide. He describes the evolution of technologies to capture these creatures and addresses the ethics of boiling them alive. Along the way, King also explores the salacious lobster palaces of the 1920s, the animal's thousand-year status as an aphrodisiac, and how the lobster has inspired numerous artists, writers, and thinkers including Aristotle, Dickens, Thoreau, Dali, and Woody Allen

Table Of Contents

What is a lobster? -- Dissecting a bug -- Ancient, giant and plentiful -- Building a better lobster trap -- To boil or not to boil -- Lobster tales -- Feelers -- Timeline

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