Author: ESKEW, GARNETT LAIDLAW
Title: Salt the Fifth Element : The Story of a Basic American Industry
Description: Chicago, Illinois: J. G. Ferguson Publishing, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Mary Constance Enslow. 239 pages: 5.75 x 8.25 in.: 1.6: KB#005998: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Dustjacket is price clipped and has a small mark on the back. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Boards are dark blue cloth with bright silver lettering on spine and cover. Book contains 19 illustrations. "Everybody uses salt; everybody depends upon it in ways beyond numbering to enhance health and daily living. Yet, it is safe to say, not one person in a thousand knows where we get our enormous salt supply; how the product is produced and distributed; the part that salt and its production has had in the growth of the United States, no less than in the age-old unfolding of the story of mankind. ". Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket .

Keywords: Minerals Elements Nutrition History: : United States: : General