The Mushroom Hunters: A Hidden World of Food, Money, and (Mostly Legal) Adventure
***WINNER*** 2014 Pacific Northwest Book Award
***FINALIST*** 2014 Washington State Book Award
***Best of the Year*** Amazon.com
Reviews are in: Publishers Weekly finds it “intrepid and inspired.” The Wall Street Journal calls it a “rollicking narrative…delivering vivid and cinematic scenes on every page.” Amazon.com picked it as one of the Best Books of the Year. The Seattle Times says:
Like Susan Orlean in “The Orchid Thief,” Seattle author Cook shines a light on a shady subculture operating at the seam between wilderness and commerce. Like author Michael Pollan, he knows that every bite of food these days has a complex, often unsavory backstory. Like the late Hunter Thompson, he not only goes along for the ride with the shifty characters he’s writing about, but drives the getaway car.
Here’s a quote from a Library Journal review: Not simply about mushrooms, this book examines human behavior, economics, food, society, and nature. In the end, readers will have learned a great deal about U.S. economic and social structures—all while being entertained and enlightened by stories of gastronomy and mushrooms. Highly recommended.
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