Birdseye the adventures of a curious man

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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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Title Statements

Full title :Birdseye the adventures of a curious man / Mark Kurlansky.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):New York
Place of Publication:Doubleday
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 251 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780385527057, 0385527055
oclc:ocn854565058
LC Classification:HD9217.U52
Dewey Decimal:338.7/66402853092

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.

Subjects

Aliments congelés -- Industrie -- États… Biographies Birdseye, Clarence, 1886-1956 Businessmen--United States--Biography Frozen foods industry Frozen foods industry -- History. -- Un… History Inventeurs -- Biographies. -- États-Unis Inventors Inventors -- Biography. -- United States United States