Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky

Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky

496 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced

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In his fifth work of nonfiction, Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history: salt. The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a glittering, oft...

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