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A review by smitchy
Mammoth by Chris Flynn
4.0
This is history; but not as you expect it to be. Mammut is a mammoth who has been extinct for 13,000 years but that doesn't stop him from sharing a stunning tale of his life, death, and his observations of humanity since he was unearthed in 1805. Along with his fellow fossils, Mammut tells mostly true stories about how he came to be in a warehouse in New York, as they all await their sale at a natural history auction in 2007.
Mammut's life and afterlife has taken him from the ice-age tundra of North America where ancient megafauna encountered the encroaching humans and changing habitats, to the politics of post-revolutionary United States and the political boiling pot of Ireland in the 1800's. Along the way I learned about ancient species, racial tensions, political machinations, and pieces of history I had no idea about.
This is a great book for book club discussions and there are going to nuggets of information in this book even the most widely-read history buff will learn from. This is a truly unexpected book that no short review can prepare you for.
Mammut's life and afterlife has taken him from the ice-age tundra of North America where ancient megafauna encountered the encroaching humans and changing habitats, to the politics of post-revolutionary United States and the political boiling pot of Ireland in the 1800's. Along the way I learned about ancient species, racial tensions, political machinations, and pieces of history I had no idea about.
This is a great book for book club discussions and there are going to nuggets of information in this book even the most widely-read history buff will learn from. This is a truly unexpected book that no short review can prepare you for.