Book Log 2010 #28:Salt by Mark Kurlansky
I'm a little torn about this book, as it's interesting and well written. It just may be a little too well written, as it takes great pains to present the story of salt from a large variety of historical and cultural viewpoints. It gets a little exhausting, and reminds me that one of the things I liked about Cod was its brevity. Granted, that was likely partly be necessity (I'm assuming there's not a lot of cod-related source material out there), but I thought the shorter length gave the story more impact.
Anyway, worth reading, certainly.
23 August 2010
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Salt is among Matt's favorite books. My sister's Amazon recommendations got all kinds of dorked out after she bought it for him for Christmas one year.
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