It saved the early American colonists from starvation, it has caused men to murder each other, and it was once our most democratic food - in short, an extraordinary bivalve. Here, in this essay by historian Joseph Conlin, is the oyster's surprising history.
It saved the early American colonists from starvation, it has caused men to murder each other, and it was once our most democratic food - in short, an extraordinary bivalve. Here, in this essay by historian Joseph Conlin, is the oyster's surprising history.