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Maphead
Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks

By Jennings, Ken

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ISBN: 1439167184 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Published: Apr 17 2012 Pages: 276 Weight: 0.75lbs. Height: 9.00" Width: 6.00" Depth: 0.75" Language: English

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Record-setting Jeopardy! champion and New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings explores the world of maps and map obsessives, “a literary gem” (The Atlantic) now available in paperback. It may come as no surprise that as a kid, Ken Jennings slept with a H...

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Record-setting Jeopardy! champion and New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings explores the world of maps and map obsessives, “a literary gem” (The Atlantic) now available in paperback. It may come as no surprise that as a kid, Ken Jennings slept with a Hammond World Atlas under his pillow. Now, with Maphead, he delivers “a delightful mix of lore and reportage that illuminates the longing to know where we are.” (Publishers Weekly) Jennings takes readers on a world tour of geo-geeks from the London Map Fair to the librarians in the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the pre-pubescent geniuses at the National Geographic Bee to the computer programmers at Google Earth. In each chapter, Jennings delves into a different aspect of maps, culture, and history, including the maps of fiction and fantasy and hobbies like highpointing and geocaching. Maphead also explores the way cartography has shaped our history, suggesting that the impulse to make and read maps is as relevant today as it has ever been. “Whether you're a casual cartography ogler or a hardcore geography geek, Maphead will whisk you away into a wonderland that exists where two of the greatest horizons of the human condition, humor and curiosity, converge.” (The Atlantic)