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Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2011 Prof. Weatherford writes systematically in explaining the achievement and contributions of Indians to the world. The 14 chapters cover from capitalism to American discovery. Five hundred years after Columbus, America for better or worse benefit from the wisdom and culture of Indian condensed in this little book. The food, culinary, medicine, political system from the civilized... Read Full Review

Anthropologist Jack Weatherford traces an informative and entertaining case for his main thesis - that the contributions of the Native American population to the Old World have not been truly or fully appreciated more than 500 years after Columbus landed. Written in a highly readable style, he describes how the New World revolutionized the Old World while the latter gobbled up the former. It is a fascinating story -- rich... Read Full Review

I very much enjoy the work of Jack Weatherford and I found this book to be extremely enlightening. Very good reading.

I found this to be one of the most informative books I've ever read, and I've read most of the classics. When you read this book you must understand that the old adage that history is written by the conquerors is very true as is painfully illustrated in this book. I'm of mixed Caucasion and American Indian descent. Many of the questions that I've wondered about my whole life were answered in this book. Where did all of the... Read Full Review

I found this book in the bookstore at Mesa Verde National Monument, which is a terrific site near Cortez, Colorado. I can add very little to the other reviews I have seen except to say that this well-written, fascinating, easy-to-read & highly entertaining book will fill in so many of the missing pieces in everyone's history education, and that it is a superb thinking tool. It will help to cleanse your mind of all those... Read Full Review