Salt (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Mark Kurlansky
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1921-1970
- Principal Characters: Caelius Apicius, Marcus Porcius Cato, Pliny the Elder, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Sir Humphry Davy, Daniel Dudley Avery, Edmund McIlhenny, Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi, Joy Morton
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Language or languages, Food, Health, Cookery or cooks, Conquest, Celts, Meat, Chemistry or chemists, Spices, Eating customs
Mark Kurlansky has established a name for himself as an author noted for specialized histories, books with a focus so narrow that their topics have been often overlooked by mainstream historical authors. In Kurlansky’s hands, however, seemingly obscure topics assume a new life, becoming truly compelling and comprehensive narratives about surprisingly broad issues. During the 1990’s, Kurlansky published books that dealt with the Caribbean (A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny, 1992) and the resurgence of Jews in Europe after the Holocaust (A Chosen...
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