Lost Cities of Ancient Lemuria and the Pacific (The Lost City Series)

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Summary: An ignorant abroad
Review: A truly, deeply stupid book. Written as part travelogue, part 'investigation' into apparent archaeological anomalies in the South Pacific, the book fails in both areas. Childress seems to have been exactly the sort of traveler who has given American tourists such a bad name: culturally insensitive and just plain dumb. His 'insights' into archaeology and culture are trite beyond description; he displays no critical skills when examining 'evidence' and displays a delight in sensation over facts. The usual suspects get interviewed; Rex Gilroy, the Antipodean version of von Daniken, for example. This book is definitely from the school of 'thinking' that finds ordinary archaeology- all that hard scientific stuff and all that annoying ivory tower university educated analysis- far too unsensational. So much more fun if space aliens had done everything for us, and archaeology is just a matter of ordinary blokes running around like Indiana Jones manques having adventures and finding lost temples and God knows what. Read at your peril.

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Summary: A Groundbreaking Book
Review: David Hatcher Childress's book looks at the Lemuria story, the lost continent of the Pacific or maybe Indian ocean, with great imagination and intellectual curiosity. For the first time since the 1930s he approached the subject in detail, and he is not afraid to take on many aspects of the story, however quirky, with an open mind. Moreover, I liked the physical descriptions of the places he visited, and the book can be read as an offbeat travelogue as well as alternative archaeology. Recommended reading for lost continent buffs!

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Summary: Best before or after travel reading to the Pacific Rim
Review: We are grateful this book was handed to our New Zealand Immigration Services as a gift 7 years ago. Its not the sort of title you go out and shop for yourself if you have never read anything like this before. We couldnt put this book down, our friends try to steal it. Its the kind of book you pick up over and over, alot like a favourite internet page. David, who is American and at the time when he wrote this, a very young man, deserves alot of credit for his gusto on travel blogging, research and investigation skills. His writing and personality draws you into his adventure with humour and a new sense of wonder and appreciation if you are new to ancient geographical history, with interesting maps and details on the secrets of Lemuria and Pacific. David provided in simple, humourous and evokingly well constructed form, a bridge of knowledge to things we never knew about our beautiful continent as well as Asia and India.
If : you are keen on getting an insight to life or vacations in the Southern Hemisphere, are searching for unique travel destinations or ideas, are intrigued by archaeology, this book is a perfect start. If : you live in the Pacific Rim, are brand new to subjects regarding the esoteric origins of mans civilisation in your area, talk to people from all walks of life in your work, or even possess a curiosity for things outside or even inside the box. We recommend this book and all his other titles with 50 stars for David.

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Summary: Only book of its kind on Lemuria
Review: With few books on Lemuria out there, this one gives probably the best run-down on the idea of a lost continent in the Pacific. Atlantis is famous in the Atlantic, but few know of the evidence, via legends, geological and archeological, of a lost civilization in the Pacific. Geologists tell us that ocean levels were 300 feet lower 10,000 years ago--and Childress tells us that this would make mini-continents of some areas of the Pacific. Does civilization stretch back 10,000 or 20,000 years? If so, than Lemuria may have existed!