Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate

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Written by best-selling author Mark Kurlansky

About one of the most popular, intriguing, yet misunderstood fish

The author's message is that to save the salmon, we must save the planet, and to save the planet, we must save salmon.

Testimony to the man's misguided idea that he can control nature, when, as evidenced throughout time, nature clearly takes best care of itself.

Only book that covers salmon issues around the world, from the Pacific Northwest to the Atlantic, Ireland, Japan, Russia, and more

Book covers cultural, spiritual, culinary and angling topics.

Includes recipes

Extensive marketing plan, including author appearances, full pre-publication and long lead campaign, as well as TV, radio, and podcasts

Full social marketing support from Patagonia Books and Patagonia Corporate

ARCs will be provided

Broadside, signed by author, available

Reviews

"Mark Kurlansky is the maestro of metaphor. . . . In his new book, Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate, Kurlansky does something similar but, this time, also slightly different. As anybody who has bought king salmon at $30 a pound can tell you, salmon are not ordinary. They are glamorous. And as Kurlanksy demonstrates, the light they cast on the 21st century Earth is less wondrous than worrisome." -- San Francisco Chronicle
Mark Kurlanskys Salmon makes the species an ecological poster child and a microcosm of the environmental challenges we face. Foreword Reviews
In championing a critically important part of the natural world, Kurlansky sounds an urgent alarm that commands our attention. Kirkus Reviews
"In more than 40 years of writing, this is the scariest thing I've ever learned. The oceans, especially the Northern Atlantic, are losing the ability to provide food. If the oceans can no longer feed the things that are supposed to live in it, then we're sunk." - Mark Kurlansky, from an interview on Maine Public Radio
It is a beautiful book, spangled throughout with stunning color photographs of a lovely fish, of pristine streams and landscapes. Its a coffee-table book shrunk to shelf-size, but the images are pertinent and illuminating, and there is nothing throwaway about the text that surrounds them or about the recipes for salmon dishes from all over the world and past centuries." -- Wall Street Journal
"...this is a very handsome book with fantastic images and illustrations that are worthy complements to the writing. For $30, a serious nature of angling aficionado can't find a better value. This is one of the best books I've read in recent years, and it remains a fixture on my writing desk." -- Trout Magazine
"Salmon is rich in details, and a love story by one of the worlds foremost journalists." -- Tom Rosenbauer, Fly Fisherman Magazine
"Even if you are unlikely to ever swing Sunray Shadows for these fish, this book deserves your attention, because Salmon is a clarion call. If we can cause this much ecosystem damage to just one family of fish, it puts into stark relief the damage we wreak on other species." - The Mission Fly Magazine
"Attractive enough to reside on your coffee table but small enough to fit on a shelf, the book's 448 pages are filled with more than 150 photographs and illustrations that provide additional insight into the chronicle of these fish and their interaction with man. . . . In these pages, Kurlansky puts us on notice. The time to act is now." --the Virginia Sportsman

Author Bio

Mark Kurlanskyis theNew York Timesbestselling author ofHavana,Cod,Salt,Paper,The Basque History of the World,1968, andThe Big Oyster, among other titles.He has received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize,Bon Appetit's Food Writer of the Year Award, the James Beard Award, and the Glenfiddich Award. His articles have appeared in a wide variety of newspapers and magazines, including The International Herald Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Miami Herald, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Time Magazine, Partisan Review, Harpers, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Audubon Magazine, Food & Wine, Gourmet, Bon Appetit, and Parade. He lives in New York City. www.markkurlansky.com