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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Five hundred years ago an Italian whose name, translated into English, meant Christopher Dove, came to America and began a process not of discovery, but incursion -- "a ruthless, angry search for wealth" that continues to the present day. This provocative and superbly written book gives a true assessment of Columbus's legacy while taking the first steps toward its redemption. Even as he draws a direct line between the atrocities of Spanish conquistadors and the ongoing pillage of our lands and waters, Barry Lopez challenges us to adopt an ethic that will make further depredations impossible. The Rediscovery of North America is a ringingly persuasive call for us, at long last, to make this country our home. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Barry Lopez | | Paperback: | 58 pages | | Publisher: | Vintage | | Publication Date: | September 01, 1992 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0679740996 | | Product Length: | 5.22 inches | | Product Width: | 0.2 inches | | Product Height: | 8.02 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.19 pounds | | Package Length: | 7.8 inches | | Package Width: | 5.1 inches | | Package Height: | 0.3 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.05 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 5 reviews |
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18 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 Very poignant in today's world of rapid development Aug 03, 1998
By Cheron L. Ferland
Extremely good prose. A poignant testimony to the loss of the Earth's resources in the face of historical and current development. Highly recommend adding this to your book collection if you have any affinity to the natural world.
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
the rediscovery of north america Jun 07, 2010
By William J. Dowling Jr.
Delivery time was quick and the book was well packaged and not damaged. The content of the book was thought provoking and well written.
5 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Speaks to our times... Feb 07, 2003
As eloquent as it is insightful. Barry Lopez moves us to see and question. A true gift from writer to reader.
5 of 16 found the following review helpful:
The Rediscovery of North America Jan 12, 2001
Time is a precious commodity, and it is hard to find time to do all that must be done. But, the short time that is needed to read this book will be well worth spending.
18 of 43 found the following review helpful:
 Same old argument Sep 14, 2004
By General Pete
When I was taking my Native American History class I discovered that there were two types of history. The first type dealt with Native Americans in a negative way the common steriotypes Native Americans were protrayed as dirty durnken and savage even in the modern average world.
The secound type is the opposite end of the spectrum Native Americans loved the land and were at peace with it. Than the big bad europians came along and killed them. But even in the modern day they carry on stoicly in the face of insermountable odds.
The truth is somewhere in between the two extremes and it is not hard to figure out into which of the two catogories this book falls. It pretends to be a serious historical approach but really is just prograganda. What happened to Native Americans was awful but people hhave been getting loads of crap dumped on them since the begining of time. Just because one group has been through a lot doesn't make them any better or noble than any of the rest of us.
Overall-I have a problem with the price 72 pages for 9 dollars?? Come on. I also think the book fails both as a historical work and as call to arms(its never quite sure which it is)
Get this book if this is your thing but do your research first.
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