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Title: Gutenberg: How One Man Remade the World with Words by John Man ISBN: 0-471-21823-5 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 29 March, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Printing and Culture of the day
Comment: Very well done work. Incorporates the technical aspects of the printing trade. Notes the influence of religion of the day, including the Roman Catholic church as a large first customer, and the Arab culture which closed the door on this printing advance. Very clear and easy read.
Rating: 5
Summary: GutenGood
Comment: Despite the great lack of sources for the modern historian to go upon about the inventor and his invention, Man still does an excellent job. He not only gives some good educated guesses about what was going on behind closed doors but, gives one a feel for just how important this development was to us all. Even if some readers found the ending not to their taste the brevity of the book means a very little investment of time.
Rating: 4
Summary: Loved it until the end
Comment: Little is know about the history of Gutenberg's invention, and the history of the man himself. John Man does an excellent job of bringing this story to life. Placing Gutenberg in historical context, and infusing the tale with rich background color to give you a feel of 15th century Europe.
But at the end of the book there is a very protracted story of how Martin Luther used printing to further his cause. This goes on way to long, twenty plus pages. If I wanted to read so much about Luther, I would get a book about Luther!
If it was not for this last part, I would easily have given this book five stars. I am a printer by profession, and I also teach about printing at a local community college. I love printing history, and this book is now a proud member of my library on the subject.
Man spins a very good tale about the birth of this profession, that has not been covered very well before. Writing with such zeal and humor as if he is speaking directly to this reader.
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Title: The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein ISBN: 0521447704 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 26 February, 1993 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Among the Gently Mad: Strategies and Perspectives for the Book-Hunter in the 21st Century by Nicholas A. Basbanes ISBN: 0805051597 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 06 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea by Robert K. Massie ISBN: 0679456716 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski ISBN: 0375706399 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel ISBN: 0140166548 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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