![]() ![]() However about 8000 American Revolutionaries died in battle, with 25,000 dead from all causes over the course of that war. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book states that the 3477 deaths at the Battle of Shiloh during the Civil War was almost equal to the number who died in all eight years of the Revolutionary War (pp. 201). Mark Kurlansky worked for several years on commercial fishing boats in Canada and the US, and subsequently became a journalist, covering beats in Eastern and Western Europe, the Caribbean, and.The book states that Robert Fulton invented the submarine (p. 98), but this statement distorts the history of submarines various people had envisioned submarines in earlier eras, and a few had been built (such as the Turtle). Mark Kurlansky is the prolific author of over 20 books, including the New York Times bestsellers Salt: A World History and Cod: A Biography of the Fish That.George Washington never had children, but the book states Philip, the son of Washington, was put in charge of redistributing Loyalist-held properties in New York City after the Revolutionary War (pp. 92).The book states that "an Oyster has a brain", but they do not.It follows the history of New York City and the renowned oyster beds in the New YorkâNew Jersey Harbor Estuary. Education Kurlansky received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater from Butler University in 1970. Background Mark Kurlansky was born on December 7, 1948, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell is a book by Mark Kurlansky. Mark Kurlansky is an American journalist and writer of general interest non-fiction. ![]()
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