Based on a New York Times bestseller, this nonfiction picture book offers a unique, fishy look at a thousand years of human civilization. What fish enabled the Vikings, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and the Pilgrims to cross the cold Atlantic Ocean to America? What fish became a staple of the medieval diet in Europe, helped spur the American Revolution, and helped the early New Englanders start making money of their own?

 

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

MARK KURLAN SKY is the bestselling author of Salt: A World History and Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World for adult readers, as well as their adaptations for children, The Story of Salt and A Cod's Tale. www. markkurlansky. com