The History of Esculent Fish

About this film

LibriVox recording of The History of Esculent Fish by Roger North. Read by LibriVox Volunteers Roger North, son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North, was a successful member of the bar and later member of parliament. But he had wide ranging interests from architecture to music. He has an avid collector of books and is best known as the biographer of the North family. Here we sample his interest in raising fish. He presents fifteen short sketches of esculent (edible) fish, and a longer essay as "A Discourse of Fish and Fish Ponds." - Summary by Larry Wilson For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (57.1MB)

Directors & creators

Roger North

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Natural History; tench; pike; herring; cod; icthyology; fish culture; barbell; chub; carp; haddock; mackarel; mullet; perch; roach; shad; trout; whiting

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