Book of the Month: 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

The November book of the month is 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann.

This book seems to be timed appropriately for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. We shall see what everyone thinks about Columbus and the New World after reading what science has to say about the way life was way back then.

Click the link to get your copy of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus.

Expect a rousing discussion about this book in the end of November!

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Comment by Bert Latamore on November 23, 2009 at 2:41pm

I read this (as an ebook from eReader.com) last month, actually, and found it very interesting. It presents a rather startling argument for what, if true, must be the largest tragedy in human evolution. And there is evidence to back it up. For instance, if we look at what Lewis and Clark found when they traveled to the West Coast and back and then at the native populations 30 or so years later we see a major drop off. Similarly we know that the population of the Aztec Empire fell dramatically due mostly to European diseases within a decade of their first contact with the Spanish. And the native population of New England also fell dramatically in the decades after their contact with the British. The frightening thing is that this book could have it right, at least in the broad brush.

Comment by PaulaT on November 3, 2009 at 11:04pm

Is the full year's book list posted here somewhere? I want to put any books I do not already have on my Christmas wish list. :-)

Comment by davezawislak on November 3, 2009 at 11:18am

This was sitting in my to read pile, after reading 1421.

Comment by Dave Cole on October 27, 2009 at 3:22pm

Waiting for the book to arrive, lets see how good surface mail is.