The World Made New, Marc Aronson
The World Made New, Marc Aronson
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The World Made New

Author: Marc Aronson

Narrator: Jonathan Hogan

Unabridged: 1 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/30/2013


Synopsis

Imagine your shock at waking up one morning to a fleet of enormous, otherworldly craft looming over you. And when bizarre aliens begin to emerge-speaking strange gibberish-your heart races even faster. Similar fears may have gripped New World inhabitants when diverse civilizations-separated by a vast ocean-first met. American natives once knew nothing of towering ships, galloping horses, thundering guns, or smallpox. From 1492 onward, however, waves of adventurers would give them a cruel introduction. And yet, ultimately, New World dwellers-together with their Old World counterparts-would become transformed by these global connections. Historian and author Marc Aronson-a Library Journal Best Book honoree and a Robert F. Sibert Award winner for excellence in nonfiction-teams up with John W. Glenn to give kids and their parents a fresh perspective on New World exploration. "Add this to Aronson's growing body of fine historical works that are changing how young readers think about history."-Kirkus Reviews "This splendid, exciting . account of the Age of Exploration relates events so dramatic that they would have been dismissed as implausible fiction if they hadn't actually happened. Don't think of this as 'just' a book for kids: children's parents will find it equally gripping and informative."-Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning UCLA professor

About Marc Aronson

Marc Aronson is the acclaimed author of Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert, which earned four starred reviews. He is also the author of Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue and Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado, winner of the ALA’s first Robert F. Sibert Award for nonfiction and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. He has won the LMP award for editing and has a PhD in American history from New York University. Marc is a member of the full-time faculty in the graduate program of the Rutgers School of Communication and Information. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with his wife, Marina Budhos, and sons. You can visit him online at MarcAronson.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Scott on April 08, 2012

Published by the respected National Geographic Society, The World Made New provides an informative and well-designed introduction to the Age of Discovery, particularly in relation to the North American continent. Published in 2007, the authors take a measured stance when addressing the more speculat......more

Goodreads review by Roxanne Hsu on November 01, 2007

I am having a lot of trouble and issues with this book. Been thinking about it for days and days now. This title has made it to the Midwinter Notables discussion list so there will be a public discussion/debate over. Here's what I posted on child_lit: I am writing in quite a degree of bafflement over......more

Goodreads review by Eric on January 06, 2021

This rather thin volume contains a somewhat original view of the importance of late 15th century exploration by Europeans, but is certainly not exhaustive, or even definitive. Some statements, particularly concerning American population as this era commenced, seem somewhat light on scholarship by co......more