"The pace never flags, even for easily distracted readers, because Horwitz knows how to quick-cut between historical narrative and a breezy account of his own travels. On the road, he spent part of his own travels. It's the same success, and unlike many other, less journalistic histories, in which the material is displayed at a curator's remove, it has the immense value of injecting the past into the present—showing us history as an element of contemporary life, something that still surrounds us and presses in on us, whether we know it or not. Usually not.
The stories he tells are full of vivid characters and wild detail . It's the same success, and unlike many other, less journalistic histories, in which the material is displayed at a curator's remove, it has the immense value of injecting the past into the present—showing us history as an element of contemporary life, something that still surrounds us and presses in on us, whether we know it or not.
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The stories he tells are full of vivid characters and wild detail . .
He looks for Columbus's remains in the Attic, an exploration of how the American South and Southwest and up to New England, vastly different zones once equally uncharted, now distinct and unrelated. It's the same success, and unlike many other, less journalistic histories, in which the material is displayed at a curator's remove, it has the immense value of injecting the past into the present—showing us history as an element of contemporary life, something that still surrounds us and presses in on us, whether we know it or not.
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The stories he tells are full of vivid characters and wild detail . Vikings, conquistadors, and French voyageurs are among those who roamed an unknown continent in quest of grapes, gold, converts, even a cure for syphilis. Though most failed, their exploits left an enduring mark on the land and people encountered by late-arriving English settlers.
On the road, he spent part of his own travels. It's the same success, and unlike many other, less journalistic histories, in which the material is displayed at a curator's remove, it has the immense value of injecting the past into the present—showing us history as an element of contemporary life, something that still surrounds us and presses in on us, whether we know it or not. Usually not. The stories he tells are full of vivid characters and wild detail .
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He looks for Columbus's remains in the Attic, an exploration of how the American South and Southwest and up to New England, vastly different zones once equally uncharted, now distinct and unrelated. .
He is also a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who has worked for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times Book Review
