Charles C. Mann His previous books include 1491 (Vintage 2006), which won the National Academies’ Keck Award for best book of the year, and 1493 (Vintage 2012), a New York Times best-seller.

Charles Mann is a correspondent for *The Atlantic Monthly ... In addition to *1491*, he has co-written four other books: *The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in 20th-Century Physics* (1986; ...

Charles Mann was born on his family's 400 acre farm, 4 miles northwest of Luverne, on April 26, 1920. He was delivered by Jim Sherman's grandfather, "Doc" Sherman. He left school after 8th grade ...