1491 (Abridged): New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Audiobook

" This book is OUTSTANDING. I read it and will read it again. There is so much we dont know about these civilizations, and so much of what we learned in school in the 60s and 70s has been revised by modern research, that everyone in North and South America needs to read this to get an idea of the real history of these continents. "

" Fascinating. Completely changed the way I think about pre-Columbian America. A very good read. "

" Great book--can't wait for 1492 :D "

" An incredible look at a world I hardly perceived was as complex and intricate as any other society on Earth. The way Mann describes nation after nation in the Americas illuminates the vibrant interactions between different societies. One of the most memorable parts of the book for me was on The Land of Four Quarters. The first time I read this book, it took me less than two days to finish. The knowledge I gained from reading this book was more than all my history classes combined. This book is definitely worth the read. "

" Excellent detail and well written. Turns a lot of commonly held beliefs about American Indians and the American Continent. "

" Not much about NW tribes but very informative descriptions of the large populations, complex cultures, and human-dominated landscapes rivaling Greece and Rome in the Americas before Europeans and smallpox arrived. "

" If you want something besides Euro American history about those who came before this is a must read "

" Very interesting book that challenges many of the long-held interpretations of what existed in North America before the arrival of the Spanish, French, British etc... Hopefully it will stimulate some additional study. "

" Very good summary of recent research on pre-columbian America. "

" Fascinating new theories on the number and accomplishments of the inhabitants of the Americas BEFORE Columbus.....not for everyone but if you love Indian history, archaeology, and adventure this is a fascinating and well written book. "

" Didn't finish this one. Full of detailed information--and boring. I spent so much time reading this heavily date-and-name style writing in high school text books, it wasn't much fun to do it again. "

" 2.5 stars. While I did enjoy listening to it, the best parts (IMO) were the reasonably certain history rather than the conjectures (and usually I love conjecture, as you can see from my bookshelf). There's a lot of jumping around, but the part about Tisquantum was my favorite. "

" Enlightened view of pre-Columbian Americas. I like it when someone can take the middle road and put the competing theories under a modern lense. "

" I think it's interesting that I never learned this in School, but I'm happy to know about it now. We never learned so much of our history and just was taught the European version when the other outlooks are just as amazing and more true to what happened. "

" This book did inspire me to read several there books on pre-Columbian America... very interesting... "

" I listened to this. Now I'd like to read it, so I could actually remember more of what it said. Very interesting about the Indian cultures in North and South America. "

" Fantastic. Sometimes the language is a bit repetitive, but I'll gladly forgive this book that for the expansion it brought to my worldview. "

" Fascinating stuff that you didn't learn in history about what life in the Americas looked like just before being "discovered". "

" Extremely interesting and thought provoking... Lots of new ideas that change how I think about pre columbean north and south america "

" Didn't read the whole thing. Was doing research and I got what I wanted. I wanted it to be more about North America, but it wasn't. Central-America and South America are doumented in this much more. "

" Very readable book with the most current theories. I enjoyed it a lot. "

" An excellent book that reveals everything we think we know about pre-Cooumbian history may be wrong. well written and thought-provoking, I encourage everyone to read this intriguing tome. "

" This was a selection for our American History class. Not one I would have picked for daily reading. "

" If you want something besides Euro American history about those who came before this is a must read "

" couldn't get into it right now. I was validated by the one who recommended it. She said it was like a text book and just to scan it and find the interesting tidbits that I could pull out and forget the rest. Maybe another time. "

" A good read with lots of interesting information about the history of the native peoples of the Americas, mostly South America, definitely some interesting information to be within its pages. "