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Rowan Jacobsen is the James Beard Award-winning author of A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur’s Guide to Oyster Eating in North America, Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis, and The Living Shore, about our ancient connection to estuaries and their potential to heal the oceans. He has written for the New York Times, Newsweek, Harper’s, Outside, Eating Well, Forbes, Popular Science, and others, and his work has been anthologized in The Best American Science and Nature Writing and Best Food Writing collections. Whether visiting endangered oystermen in Louisiana or cacao-gathering tribes in the Bolivian Amazon, his subject is how to maintain a sense of place in a world of increasing placelessness...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 1,231 ratings · 249 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors

	Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honeybee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur's Guide to Oyster Eating in North America 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Living Shore: Rediscovering a Lost World 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadows on the Gulf: A Journey through Our Last Great Wetland 3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chocolate Unwrapped: The Surprising Health Benefits of America's Favorite Passion by Rowan Jacobsen, Peter Holm (Designed by) 3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2003	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heart of Dark Chocolate 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parma: Ham, Cheese, and the Taste of Time 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walking the Walk (w/DVD): Getting Fit with Faith by Leslie Sansone, Rowan Jacobsen (With) 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never Say Diet: Make Five Decisions and Break the Fat Habit for Good by Chantel Hobbs, Rowan Jacobsen 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...we need to remind ourselves that natural systems are much more finely tuned than we think, and if we like the way they currently work, then we should try very, very hard to not screw with them.”
― Rowan Jacobsen, Shadows on the Gulf: A Journey through Our Last Great Wetland

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