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Cover of: Salt by Mark Kurlansky
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March 20, 2012 | History
Cover of: Salt by Mark Kurlansky

Salt
A World History

Published January 28, 2003 by Penguin (Non-Classics) .
Written in English.

First Sentence

Once I STOOD on the bank of a rice paddy in rural Sichuan Province, and a lean and aging Chinese peasant, wearing a faded forty-year-old blue jacket issued by the Mao government in the early years of the Revolution, stood knee deep in water and apropos of absolutely nothing shouted defiantly at me, "We Chinese invented many things!"

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7360201M
Internet Archive
saltworldhistory00kurl_0
ISBN 10
0142001619
ISBN 13
9780142001615
Library Thing
3782
Goodreads
2715

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March 20, 2012 Edited by ImportBot import new book
March 17, 2012 Edited by ImportBot import new book
August 5, 2010 Edited by IdentifierBot added LibraryThing ID
April 24, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs.
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Inital record created, from an amazon.com record.