River of Ink: [an Illustrated History of Literacy] by Thomas Christensen

River of Ink: [an Illustrated History of Literacy]

Thomas Christensen

320 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
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With its title harkening back to the sack of Baghdad in 1258--when the Tigris ran black with the ink of books flung into the water by Mongol invaders--River of Ink is a collection of essays that range widely across time and cultures to illuminate ...

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