will you sign here john hancock by jean fritz

Her books always open my eyes, once again, to the fact that each upheaval in world history did not occur in a vacuum, separate from people, but in between and around the very real lives of men, women, and children who were flesh and blood like we are - people who slept, dreamt, woke up, ate breakfast, got frustrated, faced pain, experienced love, and so much more. In her books, she dives deep into the past, filling in the blanks, figuring out the conversations which must have taken place, and telling us what might have been on the dinner plates back then, what pets might have wandered in and out of the homes, what motives pushed hearts along, and what could have tickled the funny bone of historical figures. She has a gift for sifting through history pulling out the human element. Where others see maps and facts and stacks of information, Jean Fritz (born in 1915) sees the woven thread of humanity connecting it all.

The further we rewind time, the more we can see the delicate choreography of maps as borders shift, fluidly, pushed and pulled by the passage of time, by conflict, by wars, by revolutions, and - oh yes, - by individual people. And when we go back in time, maps change. As Jean Fritz knew, life is hidden in the stories - in the buzzing, humming swirl of life happening under each dot on the map. But life, of course, isn’t found in geography or topography or any other cartographical term. Maps are part of me, as a third culture kid who lived in three countries and two continents by the age of eight. Urn:oclc:38558622 Republisher_date 20180712144400 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 218 Scandate 20180711001759 Scanner Scanningcenter hongkong Shipping_container SZ0025 Tts_version v1.My love for maps borders on obsession (pun intended).

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Will you sign here john hancock by jean fritz