The Story of Marco Polo - Softcover

Brooks, Noah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605202800 ISBN 13: 9781605202808

Publisher: Cosimo Classics, 2008

Synopsis

The author considered the story of Marco Polo “one of the most romantic and interesting of mediaeval or of modern times,” and in this delightful little book, he sets out to recount the adventures of the intrepid explorer. Intended for young readers, Brooks’ well-chosen excerpts from Polo’s own diaries also work as a comprehensive and readable summary of Polo’s writings, interwoven with the author’s own pointed observations and commentary on the traveller’s tale. This charming replica of an 1897 edition, complete with the original illustrations, will amuse readers of history and biography, and anyone who enjoys a rollicking story well told. American journalist and newspaper editor NOAH BROOKS (1830–1903) was a contributor to Harper’s Magazine and the author of American Statesman and Washington in Lincoln’s Time.

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About the Author

Noah Brooks (1830-1903) was a journalist and editor who worked for newspapers in Sacramento, San Francisco, Newark, and New York. Michael Burlingame is the May Buckley Sadowski '19 Professor Emeritus of History at Connecticut College, author of The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln, and editor of An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln and Inside Lincoln's White House, among other books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cosimo Classics
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1605202800
• ISBN 13: 9781605202808
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308