Author:
Charles G. Mann
Stars:
2
Review by: MandyApgar
This could
have been a lot better. Perhaps I was turned off in the beginning with
the author's assertion that American history only begins at Columbus yet
spending the next several hundred pages saying
things that demonstrate otherwise. In theory it was meant to show the
rich history of our continent before that bugger showed up, and when
Mann is simply discussing history he is OK and mostly on the spot (I did
find a few mistakes here and there, but not many).
He just seemed at a loss when it came to anything involving actual
descriptions of the peoples themselves - which he mostly calls "Indians"
after a rambling claim that that is what most tribes accept. I know two
Cherokees and an Aztec that would pitch a fit
if he did that to them. He does seem to be almost insensitive in that
area, and granted that there were many times in the book where he
could've got me back only to go off topic again with his Indian
monologue and tick me off once more.
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