Salt: A World History

The New York Times best-selling author of Cod, Salt, Paper, The Basque History of the World, 1968, The Big Oyster, International Night, The Eastern Stars, A Continent of Islands, and The White Man in the Tree and Other Stories is Mark Kurlansky. He was awarded the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonviolence, the Bon Appetit Food Writer of the Year Award, the James Beard Award, and the Glenfiddich Award for Nonviolence. Salt was a nominee for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He worked as the Chicago Tribune's Caribbean correspondent for ten years.

Mark Kurlansky's fifth work of nonfiction focuses on salt, a basic household ingredient with a long and intriguing history. Salt, the only rock humans consume, has shaped society since its inception, and its narrative is a brilliant, often surprising component of human history. Salt: A World History, a precious substance that functioned as currency, affected the creation of trade routes and cities, sparked and financed wars, secured empires, and inspired revolutions. Salt is a wonderfully engaging, multi-layered masterwork populated by colorful people and filled with an endless sequence of fascinating details.

Author: Mark Kurlansky

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Salt-World-History-Mark-Kurlansky/dp/0142001619/

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Best Sellers Rank: #12,445 in Books

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