{"product_id":"tin-can-coast-joseph-ogilvy-9781639736812","title":"Tin Can Coast: A History of Industry, Greed, and Fishing in the Golden State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe untold story of the California Coast, told through the natural histories of three marine species caught in the dragnet of human history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLook west from San Francisco or Monterey, past the surfers and cargo ships. This is the California Current, 1,900 miles of the most productive waters on earth. It was here that 18th-century Natives knew frisbee-sized abalone mollusks, sardine schools the size of buses, and Yellowfin tuna, each the size of a man. But it was not to last. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the next three centuries, the abalone, sardine, and tuna were swept into the violent undertow of history. Their species became resources. They drove the Spanish-Russian land war of the 18th century, California's virulently racist first \"conservation\" laws in the 19th, and an ad campaign that kept America fed on just-like-chicken canned goods in the 20th. Along the way, they became drivers of geopolitical competition, catalysts for the dramatic rise and fall of Cannery Row aristocracy, and even surly muses for John Steinbeck and Fritz Lang. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollapsing the distinctions between human and natural history, \u003ci\u003eTin Can Coast \u003c\/i\u003ebrings the cautionary tale of the California shore to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Ogilvy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639736816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639736812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d","brand":"Joseph Ogilvy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47760830169343,"sku":"9781639736812","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e52bb0f5-ca36-437b-ad33-2d810d19bae8.jpg?v=1765514255","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tin-can-coast-joseph-ogilvy-9781639736812","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}