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He recounts the considerable influence of rand mcnally on the systemizing and labeling of u. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks explores the world of map and geography enthusiasts. You have to wonder if ken jenningss parents realized their son was a. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks is ken s followup to his 2005 bestseller brainiac. Americas map nerds in a world where geography only makes the headlines. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by ken jennings, scribner.
Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks, jennings chronicles his lifelong cartographic obsession. Ken jennings books list of books by author ken jennings. Jennings takes listeners on a world tour of geogeeks from the london map fair to the bowels of the. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by former game show contestant ken jennings. An interview with ken jennings, all time jeopardy winner. In chapter six ken jennings focuses on the part maps play in literature, specifically fantasy literature. Amazon best books of the month, september 2011 ken jennings, best known for his epic winning streak on jeopardy. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read maphead.
Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks paperback april 17 2012 by ken jennings author 4. Among the actual maps that jennings mentions are these click images to zoom. Maphead by ken jennings author ken jennings, the noted jeopardy winner, writes in a lighthearted yet serious vein about maps and geography. Much as brainiac offered a behindthescenes look at the littleknown demimonde of competitive trivia buffs, maphead finally gives equal time to that other downtrodden underclass.
In autobiographical chapters he tells of his early interest in maps and considers the type of people who are drawn to maps pardon the pun. His sprightly, goodnatured memoir combines light introspection, rafts of. Ken jennings has 20 books on goodreads with 41756 ratings. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks, without expectations. On this page you will find the solution to jennings whose books include maphead and brainiac crossword clue.
At age 7, while friends obsessed over heman and knight rider, the author succumbed to the names and shapes of remote places and began collecting atlases. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by ken jennings in djvu, epub, fb2 download ebook. Request pdf on mar 1, 2014, niem tu huynh and others published maphead. Publication date 2011 topics maps, cartography publisher scribner collection. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by ken jennings, 74 time jeopardy. A literary atlas, i ordered several books related to cartography from the library. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by ken jennings, scribner, new york, london, toronto, sydney, new delhi, 2011, 295 pp. Maphead, charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by. Ken jennings biography affair, married, wife, ethnicity. It covers the world of map collecting, geocaching, road sign obsessive roadgeeks, national geography bee and nerdy world of fake mapmakers. He draws conclusions that there is fine line between what we today would call a real map like you might find in glove compartment of a car and a.
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