For The Salt He Had Eaten is a novel by Talbot Mundy. The story follows the life of a young boy named Jimgrim who is orphaned at a young age and grows up to become a soldier in the British army. After serving in India, Jimgrim is sent to the Middle East where he becomes involved in a series of adventures that take him across the Arabian desert and into the heart of the Ottoman Empire.As Jimgrim travels through the Arabian desert, he encounters a number...