Summary
This study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyramids hundreds of years before the Egyptians did, e... Full description
Summary: |
This study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyramids hundreds of years before the Egyptians did, engineered corn, and farmed the rainforests. |
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Item Description: |
"A Downtown Bookworks book." |
Physical Description: |
ix, 116 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm. |
Audience: |
Ages 8 up. |
Awards: |
A Junior Library Guild selection |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 110) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781416949008 (reinforced) : 1416949003 (reinforced) : |
Author Notes: |
He has written or co-written several books including The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in 20th-Century Physics, The Aspirin Wars: Money, Medicine, and 100 Years of Rampant Competition, Noah's Choice: The Future of Endangered Species, At Large: The Strange Case of the Internet's Biggest Invasion, and 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created which made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. His book, 1491, won the National Academies Communication Award for the best book of the year. (Bowker Author Biography) |