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Shell Games: Rogues, Smugglers, And The Hunt For Nature's Bounty (2010)

by Craig Welch(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0061537136 (ISBN13: 9780061537134)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

William Morrow & Company

review 1: I read this book w/ the enthusiasm and expectation that I would experience heaps of respect for taking the initiative to pursue this book. That didn't happen......what did happen, is I learned so much about a clam that has had to overcome such vast disrespect. I really enjoyed that Craig Welch also used this book as a way to educate readers on other massive animal smuggling - from the species affected to the ways they are smuggled. I really liked this book and learned a great deal about a very sad affair that happens over and over and over again....and have to say I didn't see the real tragedy until the rug was pulled out from underneath me. To learn that the actual snitch ended up being the biggest problem - broke my heart! My biggest hope that people will embrace ou... morer clams with appreciation and above all else respect!
review 2: Excellent book that covers not only the tale of Law against Poachers, but also covers the natural sciences history of the Pacific Northwest. I had no idea so much of this was happening just off shore - or the labryinth of legalities surrounding aqua-hunting, and the history of how those laws came about. Another "can't put it down" read. My only quibble is with the many many flashbacks, flash forwards, interruptions of the story. The storylines could have been organized a bit better. It felt like they were trying to present all these strings of storyline, and then "see how they all weave together?!" but ... it needed a better foundation upon which the storylines could rest. less

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