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This is a history of the world told through the history of salt. There were lots of great factoids in the book about the influence that salt has had on society and history. It was probably not the best book club book since the discussion was along the lines of: "so, salt... who ever knew that much about it?" "I certainly didn't", "me neither".
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This book was sooo interesting! I idly picked it up figuring, "Wow, I can't believe there's a whole book about salt... I don't know anything about salt." And now? Now I know SO MUCH about salt! And so do all my friends, because the entire time I was reading it I kept inserting new salt-related factoids into conversation. My favorite? The phrase "red herring" comes from the salted red herrings that the Pilgrims used to distract the wolves that otherwise would have stalked them through the woods.
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I'd give this a half star more for 2.5. This was a disappointment and could have just been a history of salted fish.
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It was more a history of using salt than a history told through salt, if that makes sense. It couldn't hold my interest, so I returned it to the library and got a new book.
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Never going to finish.
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Kate
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Lisa
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