Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America

Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America - Paperback

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Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America - Paperback

Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America - Paperback

by Craig Childs
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Book Overview

The first people in the New World were few, their encampments fleeting. On a side of the planet no human had ever seen, different groups arrived from different directions, and not all at the same time. The land they reached was fully inhabited by megafauna--mastodons, giant bears, mammoths, saber-toothed cats, enormous bison, and sloths that stood one story tall. These Ice Age explorers, hunters, and families were wildly outnumbered and many would themselves have been prey to the much larger animals.

In Atlas of a Lost World, Craig Childs blends science and personal narrative to upend our notions of where these people came from and who they were. How they got here, persevered, and ultimately thrived is a story that resonates from the Pleistocene to our modern era, and reveals how much has changed since the time of mammoth hunters, and how little. Through it, readers will see the Ice Age, and their own age, in a whole new light.
ISBN9780345806314
Author Craig Childs
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
GenreHobbies & interests, History, and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2019
LanguageENG- English
Pages288
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Craig Childs

Craig Childs -- naturalist, adventurer, desert ecologist, and frequent contributor to National Public Radio's Morning Edition -- lives in Crawford, Colorado. His previous books include House of Rain, The Way Out, The Secret Knowledge of Water, and Soul of Nowhere.

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