A Different Flesh

by Harry Turtledove

Book Overview

This novel by the New York Times-bestselling "master of alternate history" explores an America reshaped by a twist in prehistoric evolution (Publishers Weekly). What if mankind's "missing link," the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671876228
• ISBN13: 9780671876227
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Baen Books
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.8"

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"A Different Flesh" by Harry Turtledove

"A Different Flesh" shows an extremely likely outcome of the world's history if one simple factor in history had changed; namely, the arrival of modern man via the Alaskan land bridge. In this carefully written book, he explores several periods of Americal history where the Native American has been replaced by Homo Erectus, and the resulting theological, historical, judicial, moral, practical, and political changes worldwide. He uses his Ph.D in history and the resources of the universities we works at to carefully extrapolate the future from a different past, and his writing experience to create colorful, realistic, and deep characters