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Originally Posted by ccowie
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Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny
This morning, I listened to the last 20 minutes of The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester.
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I loved The Professor and the Madman and I'm interested to know if this book is as good. I've read some early travelogues by Winchester as well and really like them. So, is it good? |
I've listened to three books by Winchester, and read by him.
The Professor and the Madman was one of them. The third was
A Crack in the Edge of the World, about the great San Francisco earthquake. It, and
The Map That Changed the World capitalize on Winchester's training as a geologist. I read some criticisms of his books for telling the gist of the story in the first chapter and then rambling around dragging in ancillary info and expanding on a story that you already know the end of. I don't object to this style at all. I love the fact that I was driven to Wikipedia to look up "oolites". His books make me think, and I wind up learning something.
I've enjoyed all of the books so far. I will be getting more of them with my Audible credits.