7 years ago

That was a great review,I didn't know of this Alexander von Humboldt.I feel like the review alone taught me something.

SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady 7 years ago

Thanks! I want to thank y'all here in the "Flat Book Society" for getting me to get this out of the library again. Fantastic read.

Murder by Death 7 years ago

Thanks for joining in with us on the read - it was really brilliant.

BrokenTune 7 years ago

Great review! I have feeling that Bolivar will for-evermore be known as Simon "Iron Ass" Bolivar. :D

SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady 7 years ago

In my head at least!

BrokenTune 7 years ago

And mine! :D

Murder by Death 7 years ago

Mine too! :)

Person Of Interest 7 years ago

Yup. lol

I finished the audio version yesterday and ended up liking the mini-bios of Marsh, Haeckel and Muir a lot. Haeckel's influence on the Art Nouveau movement was an unexpected surprise; loved it! And as a native Californian, Muir's legacy is still very much with us, like the on-going movement to restore the Hetch Hetchy Valley. Marsh's contributions were equally interesting, and I may look into more detailed bios on all three.

Humboldt's bleaker sentiments in the epilog really hit home. His predictions about human's expansion to other planets sadly echo my own thoughts; human vice, greed, violence and ignorance turning distant stars barren, indeed. :(

Murder by Death 7 years ago

I sort of forgot about the whole Art Nouveau angle - he really did change the world. I'm still gobsmacked that he's so little known now.