Salmon
by Mark Kurlansky · first published 2019
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A magnificent species whose survival is inextricably tied to the survival of the planet In what he calls "the most important environmental writing" in his long and award-winning career, best-selling author and journalist Mark Kurlansky recounts the sobering history of salmon and their perilous future. Kurlansky employs his signature multicentury storytelling and compelling attention to detail to chronicle the harrowing yet awe-inspiring life cycle of salmon and the long list of environmental problems, from habit loss to dams, from hatcheries to fish farms, from industrial pollution to the rava
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Salmon by Mark Kurlansky is a fantastic read on the historical + ecological history of of this.
on “Salmon spawning in the upper Columbia River, first in 80 years” ↗Mark Kurlansky has done a brisk business in this kind of biography-of-a-thing, Salt, and Cod were the first two books I thought of when I read your post, but he's also got books called Salmon and Paper that I haven't read. I think that I would put those books under the broad heading of social histories, which is a genre. You may also look for "microhistories", and here's a list of them: https://www.librarything.com/tag/microhistory
on “Ask HN: Biographies of Companies or Things?” ↗