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The story of salt

The story of the only rock we eat, including its origin, the other discoveries made because of it, and tales of salt and the people who have been involved with it through the ages.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kurlansky, Mark
Other Authors:	Schindler, S. D. (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2006.
Subjects:	Salt > Popular works > Juvenile nonfiction. Salt > History > Popular works > Juvenile nonfiction. Salt industry and trade > History > Popular works > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	The story of the only rock we eat, including its origin, the other discoveries made because of it, and tales of salt and the people who have been involved with it through the ages.
Physical Description:	48 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection.
ISBN:	0399239987 (reinforced) :
Author Notes:	Mark Kurlansky is the author of The Basque History of the World, the New York Times bestseller Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (among the New York Public Library's Best Books of the Year in 1998), as well as A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry; A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny, and several acclaimed works of short fiction and journalism about the Caribbean. He spent seven years as the Caribbean correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. He lives in New York City. (Bowker Author Biography)