The Kingdom and the Anarchists
Barbara Krensavage was not in the habit of eating clams. Yet, one snowy day, she had an urge to try out an old recipe. She drove to the store and bought four dozen quahogs — a common clam along the New England shores. Her husband was shucking the clams when he came across one that looked diseased. Taking a closer look, he opened the clam, and, to his astonishment, discovered a rare, purple pearl. One in two million quahog clams is likely to have a genuine pearl inside. This o
