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The Ocean's Unlikely Hero

By Jennifer C. O'Donnell

Port Folio Weekly | July 23, 2007

H. Bruce Franklin's latest book is a timely warning about ecological disaster at the hands of corporate greed.

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Tags: H. Bruce Franklin, The Most Important Fish in the Sea, Nonfiction Reviews

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