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The Book That Changed America: How Darwin's Theory of Evolution Ignited a Nation
By Fuller, Randall
- ISBN
- 9780525428336 9780698186675
- Publisher
- Viking
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Starred Review on January 1, 2017 | Science and Technology
Published during an extraordinarily turbulent time in the history of the United States—just prior to the Civil War and just after John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry—Charles Darwin's On theOrigin of Species (1859) would prove to have a significant impact on the country. Fuller (English, Univ. of Tulsa; From Battlefields Rising: How the Civil War Transformed American Literature) introduces the subject, focusing on a dinner party consisting of four of the most important America i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
