-------- Original Message -------- Subject: two new books of interest to mapsters Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 11:37:34 -0500 From: "ahudson" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] ------------------ Dear Mapsters, On C-span2 over the weekend Tom Chaffin gave a fascinating presentation on John Charles Fremont, based on Chaffin's new book,"Pathfinder: John Charles Fremont and the course of American empire." NY: Hill and Wang, 2002 isbn 0809075571. In Chaffin's C-span presentation he referred to Fremont's mapping several times, so this may well be worth a look. Washington Post Book World this Sunday had a review of a book on the life of Christopher Wren, 17th century genius. The review mentions his many activities, including mapping and his "access to the highest academic and political echelons." Lisa Jardine [fabulous author] is the author of "On a Grander Scale, the outstanding life of Christopher Wren." no isbn given. These complement the book on Pepys which came out 6 months ago or so. I am developing a reading list of these bios on map personalities for an assignment in my little map librarianship course. Wonder if others come to mind? Alice C. Hudson Chief, Map Division The Humanities and Social Sciences Library The New York Public Library 5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117 New York, NY 10018-2788 [log in to unmask]; 212-930-0589; fax 212-930-0027 http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. - Nelson Henderson