Adrienne Mayor's Reviews
Reviews of Adrienne’s Work
Nov.20.2009
Published by Washington Post
"The Poison King" is, as its subtitle makes clear, the story of the life of Mithradates, leader of the ancient Black Sea kingdom of Pontus, who, in the 1st century B.C., did...
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Sep.01.2009
Published by Library Journal
Little known in the West, Mithradates has not been the subject of a full-scale biography in over 100 years, even though he remains a national hero in Armenia and Kurdistan. The...
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Jul.04.2000
Published by New York Times
In her book, ''The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times,'' published in May by Princeton University Press, Adrienne Mayor draws on a close study of...
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Oct.07.2003
Published by New York Times
Mighty as Hercules was, he sometimes prevailed only by means other than his own brute strength. When the need arose, the superhero of Greek mythology armed himself with...
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Jun.12.2004
Published by New York Times
Adrienne Mayor's third and latest book, "Fossil Legends of the First Americans" a combination of history, archaeology, folklore and old-fashioned detective work, is the...
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About Adrienne
Adrienne Mayor was born in Little Egypt, southern Illinois, and grew up in harshly beautiful South Dakota. The Bookmobile at Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary School was a godsend! Although a highly distracted college student in the late 60s and 70s, Mayor...
Causes Adrienne Mayor Supports
Wounded Knee District School Foundation Ogalala Lakota College, www.olc.edu