Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

"Winchester's large audience will enjoy this well-worded, interdisciplinary look into the relationship between humans and the land."

"With his unique blend of wide-eyed curiosity, meticulous research, and erudite analysis, Winchester weaves a tapestry that encompasses nearly every element involved in the concept of 'land' ..."

"Winchester, whose rigorously organized mind seems able to codify and categorize any human endeavor into sustained good reading, could easily have hopped from continent to continent, country to country, exploring each region's land relationships through the perfectly legitimate lenses of history, geology, governance, resources, economies and as many other parameters as made sense."

"He does the same with the brutal dispossession of native populations in North America ..."

"Winchester sweeps through history, name drops with abandon, and does his best to make writing about it all look effortless."

"One couldn't ask for a more accessible or comprehensive treatment of the subject than Simon Winchester's book."

"Ultimately Land is a truthful, revealing exposé, paying tribute to the territory we all share."

"Winchester delivers a riveting history of mapmaking...disheartening accounts of mass acquisitions and theft ..."