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Iceman: Uncovering the Life & Times of a Prehistoric Man Found in an Alpine
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Iceman: Uncovering the Life & Times of a Prehistoric Man Found in an Alpine Glacier Paperback - 2001 - 1st Edition

by Brenda Fowler

Featuring a new Afterword, this is the spectacular story of the 1991 discovery of a Stone Age man in the Alps, a lonely frozen figure who offers clues about the world of 3000 B.C. 33 halftones.


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On September 19, 1991 a couple hiking along an Alpine ridge stumbled upon a frozen, intact corpse melting out of a glacier. He was dubbed the Iceman, and his discovery--along with the realization that he was actually 5,000 years old--set off a whirlwind of political, scientific, and media activity that made him an overnight sensation. In this remarkable and dramatic book, Brenda Fowler takes readers through the bizarre odyssey that began in the Stone Age and continued for years after the Iceman was unearthed.

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UP AHEAD, still some two hours away, the snow-covered Similaun rose like a huge white sail against the cloudless Alpine sky.

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On September 19, 1991 a couple hiking along an Alpine ridge stumbled upon a frozen, intact corpse melting out of a glacier. He was dubbed the Iceman, and the realization that he was actually 5,000 years old set off a whirlwind of political, scientific, and media activity that made him an overnight sensation. In this remarkable and dramatic book, Brenda Fowler takes readers through the bizarre odyssey that began in the Stone Age and continued for years after the Iceman was unearthed. In a new afterword Fowler looks back on the ten years since the discovery and shows that the Iceman continues to inspire controversy and wonder.

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  • Title Iceman: Uncovering the Life & Times of a Prehistoric Man Found in an Alpine Glacier
  • Author Brenda Fowler
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 330
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Date September 16, 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780226258232 / 0226258238
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.46 x 6.14 x 0.73 in (24.03 x 15.60 x 1.85 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Library of Congress subjects Mummies, Otzi (Ice mummy)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001027805
  • Dewey Decimal Code 937

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Citations

  • Kliatt, 01/01/2002, Page 33

About the author

Brenda Fowler's work has appeared in the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, and The Times (UK), among other publications.
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