Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man

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Synopsis
Break out the TV dinners! From the author who gave us Cod, Salt, and other informative bestsellers, the first biography of Clarence Birdseye, the eccentric genius inventor whose fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture.
Copyright:
2012

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780385535885
Related ISBNs:
9780385527057
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Mark Kurlansky
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Science, Biographies and Memoirs, Technology
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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Great biography about Clarence Birdseye that we know from Birds Eye frozen veggies. Turns out he was inspired to perfect the freezing process of fresh fish when he watched Inuits ice fishing in Labrador (while he was running a fox fur farm). Weeks before the stock market crash CW Post bought him out and he sailed through the depression a millionaire! This inquisitive and inventive businessman held hundreds of patents including lightbulbs we still use today. He also did field research on Rocky mountain spotted fever, hunted whales and made paper out of waste cane fiber in Peru. His life and this book are full of adventure!