Six Thousand Years of Bread: Its Holy and Unholy History
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Six Thousand Years of Bread: Its Holy and Unholy History
By (Author) H. E. Jacob
Translated by Clara Winston
Translated by Richard Winston
Foreword by Peter Reinhart
Skyhorse Publishing
Skyhorse Publishing
22nd November 2007
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Social and cultural history
641.815
Physical Properties
Paperback
416
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 150mm
383g
Description
From ancient Egypt to modern times, bread has been essential, for survival. This work takes you through its history, examining its role in politics, religion and technology, and answers questions such as how bread caused Napoleon's defeat. It also describes the authors experiences subsisting on bread made of sawdust in a Nazi concentration camp.
"In a colossal epic tale, Mr. Jacob has sketched world history--its folkways, its religion, its superstition, and its plagues, all in terms of bread."Wall Street Journal
Author Bio
H. E. Jacob wrote some forty books during his prolific career, including biographies, poetry, dramas, and histories. After fleeing Nazi-occupied Germany, he moved to New York and gained American citizenship. In the early fifties he returned to Germany, where he died in 1967.
Peter Reinhart is the author of many award-winning books on bread and culture, including The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread and Peter Reinhart's Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor. He is a baking instructor at Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte, North Carolina.
