TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shaffer,Marjorie
TI  - Pepper: a history of the world's most influential spice 
SN  - 0312569890
AV  - TX407.P4 S53 2013
U1  - 641.3384 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
KW  - Pepper (Spice)
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Meet the pipers --; The king of spices --; Drugs and souls --; Golden elephants --; The British invade --; The dutch terror --; U.S. pepper fortunes --; An infinite number of seals --; Medicinal pepper
N2  - "The perfect companion to Mark Kurlansky's Salt: A World History, Pepper illuminates the rich history of pepper for a popular audience. Vivid and entertaining, it describes the part pepper played in bringing the Europeans, and later the Americans, to Asia and details the fascinating encounters they had there."
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