Everything you need to know about the world but never learned when it originally appeared on the market in 1992 it was a nice and most welcome break from my massive and literary megatomes heavy german phd comprehensive exams reading list and i certainly at that time did in fact sorely need a perusal choice that was both. Dont know much about geography is a very interesting and easy to listen to audiobook. Everything you need to know about the world but never learned kenneth c. The author of the successful dont know much about history returns to correct his countrymens lack of knowledge about geography, a lack established when americans aged 18 to 24 scored lowest on a 1988 test of geographic literacy given to young people of all industrialized nations. It is a book that you can read and return to with pure joy.
This informative book examines the amusing perceptions that people historically have had about the world and the universe, with a look at the world map today. Written by a historian, this book is chock full of facts, trivia, and tidbits about history, geography, and science. Born in mount vernon, new york city, he attended but did not graduate from concordia college, bronxville in new york, and fordham university at lincoln center, new york. Davis comes a treasure trove of answers to questions about our. Over a halfcentury after cooke wrote that lighthearted song, such ignorance is now all too real.
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