1491 and All That

  An astute reader finally did come up with exactly the book about pre-European Discovery America I had noticed somewhere and forgotten title and author of :  it was "Paradise Found:  America at the Time of the Discovery" by Steve Nicholls (thanks to Robert Brown.)

Meanwhile very many readers thought I must be looking for "1491" the best seller.  I wasn't but in the face of all these recommendations I went and got it.  What a wonderful read -- I tore through it.  It resembles, or rather its ef...