Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times best-selling author of twenty-nine books and a former foreign correspondent for The International Herald Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. He lives in New York City.

"The history of paper is a history of cultural transmission, and Kurlansky tells it vividly in this compact, well-illustrated book."

Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times best-selling author of twenty-nine books and a former foreign correspondent for The International Herald Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. He lives in New York City.

"The history of paper is a history of cultural transmission, and Kurlansky tells it vividly in this compact, well-illustrated book."

Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times best-selling author of twenty-nine books and a former foreign correspondent for The International Herald Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. He lives in New York City.

"The history of paper is a history of cultural transmission, and Kurlansky tells it vividly in this compact, well-illustrated book."