This is a book about clamsbut it is also a book about places where clams livethe islands, bays, and marshes of our Atlantic coast.It is a book about being out thereand it is a book about clam chowder, clam fritters, and clams with pasta.This book will whet your appetite for clams and clamming."Curtis Badger has produced a hearty and literate chowder, combining the practicalities of how to catch clams with delightful evocations of the sandy, marshy fringes of the coast where they live. A gustatory and ecological tour de force." - Tom Horton Author, Educator, and Chesapeake Bay advocate