Salt (edit title)

ScarTissue edited the table of contents of Salt Thursday, October 8 2009.

• Part One: A Discourse on Salt, Cadavers, and Pungent Sauces
  Part Two: The Glow of Herring and the Scent of Conquest
  Part Three: Sodium's Perfect Marriage

Amanda approved ScarTissue’s request to change the title of Salt Wednesday, September 16 2009.

ScarTissue changed the title of Salt Sunday, September 13 2009.

ScarTissue edited the contributors of Salt Sunday, September 6 2009.

• Added a contributor: Susanna Edwards: Front jacket photographer of Alfred A. Knopf Canada Edition. (Photographer)
• Added a contributor: Lisa Klausner: Author Photographer of Alfred A. Knopf Canada Edition. (Photographer)

Timothy Gray approved ScarTissue’s request to combine 4 books, including Salt, Friday, September 4 2009.

ScarTissue submitted a request to combine 4 books, including Salt, Friday, September 4 2009.

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Salt Monday, August 31 2009.

• OnceONCE 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"We Chinese invented many things!"things!"

Shelfari edited the description of Salt Friday, July 31 2009.

• Mark Kurlansky, the bestselling author of Cod and The Basque History of the World , here 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, often surprising part of the history of humankind. A substance so valuable it served as currency, salt has influenced the establishment of trade routes and cities, provoked and financed wars, secured empires, and inspired revolutions. Populated by colorful characters and filled with an unending series of fascinating details, Kurlansky's kaleidoscopic history is a supremely entertaining, multi-layered masterpiece.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Salt Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Mark Kurlansky: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Salt Thursday, July 16 2009.

• 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!"