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A review by readers_block
Here Is Where: Discovering America's Great Forgotten History by Andrew Carroll
5.0
"History's most overlooked value is its ability to influence the way we live our lives and how we treat one another on a day-to-day basis. At its best, history nurtures within us humility and gratitude. It encourages respect and empathy. It fosters creativity and stimulates the imagination. It inspires resilience. And it does so by illuminating the simple truth that, whether due to some cosmic fluke or divine providence, it's an absolute miracle that any one of us is alive today, walking around on this tiny sphere surrounded by an ocean of space, and that we are, above everything else, all in this together."
I cannot say enough good things about this book. Carroll is an unbelievably gifted storyteller. This book is fascinating in that it will teach you things you cannot believe you didn't already know. The author has a knack for writing a paragraph full of extremely interesting things, but then punctuating the last sentence with the most remarkable part of it all. The fascinating facts don't ever cease throughout the course of this book. There were points where I actually laugh out out loud. Rarely did a paragraph pass where I didn't hear something amazing I wanted to share with someone. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in history, or just interested in learning. I feel like this book should be required reading for high schoolers- it finally shows the reader how unbelievably interesting history is.
My only problem with the book: one of my biggest pet peeves is when authors talk about the pictures they've taken and don't include them. Carroll talks about a number of the fascinating places he has photographed, and I would have loved to see some of those images.
Anyway, 5/5.
I cannot say enough good things about this book. Carroll is an unbelievably gifted storyteller. This book is fascinating in that it will teach you things you cannot believe you didn't already know. The author has a knack for writing a paragraph full of extremely interesting things, but then punctuating the last sentence with the most remarkable part of it all. The fascinating facts don't ever cease throughout the course of this book. There were points where I actually laugh out out loud. Rarely did a paragraph pass where I didn't hear something amazing I wanted to share with someone. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in history, or just interested in learning. I feel like this book should be required reading for high schoolers- it finally shows the reader how unbelievably interesting history is.
My only problem with the book: one of my biggest pet peeves is when authors talk about the pictures they've taken and don't include them. Carroll talks about a number of the fascinating places he has photographed, and I would have loved to see some of those images.
Anyway, 5/5.