Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
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"Variably genial, cautionary, lyrical, admonitory, terrifying, horrifying and inspiring...A lifetime of thought, travel, reading, imagination and memory inform this affecting account." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester tells the breathtaking saga of the Atlantic Ocean. A gifted storyteller and consummate historian, Winchester sets the great blue sea's epic narrative against the backdrop of mankind's intellectual evolution, telling not only the story of an ocean, but the story of civilization. Fans of Winchester's Krakatoa, The Man Who Loved China , and The Professor and the Madman will love this masterful, penetrating, and resonant tale of humanity finding its way across the ocean of history.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0061702587
ISBN13:9780061702587
Release Date:November 2010
Publisher:Harper
Length:512 Pages
Weight:1.67 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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Absolutely Abominable
Published by The Rev , 1 year ago
"Atlantic" is without a doubt the very worst book Winchester has ever written. It is excessively verbose and loquacious. It's all about himself. Very long prologue and preface that serve no purpose but to fill up pages. The book is completely disorganized and delivers NONE of which the front cover promises. Dreadfully boring, rarely informative, tedious, slow, and overwhelmingly dull, it is a wonderful cure for interminable insomnia. Don't waste your money on this piece of trash.
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