The Big Oyster by Mark Kurlansky (Author)

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The Big Oyster by Mark Kurlansky (Author)ISBN: 9780224078238 Publisher : Jonathan Cape Ltd , 1 May 2006 Paperback, 336 pages When Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626 his first New York real estate killing he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby Oyster Island, renamed Ellis Island in 1770. From the Minuit purchase until centuries of pollution finally destroyed the beds in the 1920s, New York was a city known for its oysters the 'Blue Points,' still

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