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Written by Charles C. MannAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to new works by Charles C. Mann

  • Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
  • Publisher: Knopf
  • On Sale: August 9, 2011
  • Price: $30.50
  • ISBN: 978-0-307-26572-2 (0-307-26572-2)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Charles C. Mann is a correspondent for The Atlantic, Science, and Wired, and has written for Fortune, The New York Times, Smithsonian, Vanity Fair, and The Washington Post, and for HBO and Law & Order. A three-time National Magazine Award finalist, he is the recipient of writing awards from the American Bar Association, the American Institute of Physics, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Lannan Foundation. His 1491 won the National Academies Communication Award for the best book of the year. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.