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  • Bush Salts His Summer with Eclectic Reading List (Laughable Authorial Dig at Bush)

    08/16/2005 10:27:58 AM PDT · by GretchenM · 26 replies · 1,055+ views
    Newsday.com ^ | August 16, 2005 | Warren Vieth
    Bush tackles historical sagas on vacation CRAWFORD, Texas — Gas prices are climbing, motorists are fuming, President Bush is vacationing with a book about the history of salt. There may be a connection. Bush is reading "Salt: A World History" by Kurlansky, chronicling the rise and fall of the world's [formerly] most strategic commodity. The other books are "Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar" by Radzinsky and "The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History" by Barry. The analogies between salt and oil are striking. For most of history, salt was synonymous with wealth. It established...