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Jack Weatherford


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in Dovesville, South Carolina, The United States
January 01, 1946

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Jack McIver Weatherford is the DeWitt Wallace Professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota. He is best known for his 2004 book, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. In 2006, he was awarded the Order of the Polar Star, and the Order of Genghis Khan in 2022, Mongolia’s two highest national honors. Moreover, he was honoured with the Order of the Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho by the Government of Bolivia in 2014.
His books in the late 20th century on the influence of Native American cultures have been translated into numerous languages. In addition to publishing chapters and reviews in academic books and journals, Weatherford has published numerous articles in national newspapers to popularize his historic and anthropolog
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Genghis Khan and the Making...

4.06 avg rating — 87,229 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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The Secret History of the M...

3.93 avg rating — 4,876 ratings — published 2010 — 32 editions
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Indian Givers: How the Indi...

4.12 avg rating — 2,751 ratings — published 1988 — 19 editions
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The History of Money

3.91 avg rating — 1,782 ratings — published 1997
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Genghis Khan and the Quest ...

4.04 avg rating — 897 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions
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Emperor of the Seas: Kublai...

4.14 avg rating — 380 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions
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Native Roots: How the India...

4.01 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions
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Savages and Civilization: W...

3.65 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions
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Tribes on the Hill: The U.S...

3.87 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions
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Porn Row: An Inside Look at...

3.78 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions
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“If you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead. Even the highest mountain had animals that step on it.”
Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

“The first key to leadership is self-control.”
Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

“The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to defeat than the greatest wrestler. He warned them that "if you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead.”
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