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Searching for the Garden of Eden
Grove Press
August 2011
On Sale: August 2, 2011
304 pages
ISBN: 0802119808
EAN: 9780802119803
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
It seems that ever since mankind was kicked out of the Garden of Eden for eating the forbidden fruit, weβve been trying to get back in. Or at least, weβve been wondering where the Garden might have been. St. Augustine had a theory, and so did medieval monks, John Calvin, and Christopher Columbus. But when Darwinβs theory of evolution permanently altered our understanding of human origins, shouldnβt the search for a literal Eden have faded away? Not so fast. In Paradise Lust, Brook Wilensky-Lanford introduces readers to the enduring modern quest to locate the Garden of Eden on Earth. It is an obsession that has consumed Mesopotamian archaeologists, German Baptist ministers, British irrigation engineers, and the first president of Boston University, among many others. These quixotic Eden seekers all started with the same brief Bible verses, but each ended up at a different spot on the globe: Florida, the North Pole, Ohio, China, and, of course, Iraq. Evocative of Tony Horwitz and Sarah Vowell, Wilensky-Lanford writes of these unusual characters and their search with sympathy and wit. Charming, enlightening, and utterly unique, Paradise Lust is a century-spanning history that will take you to places you never imagined.
 Media BuzzTavis Smiley - August 11, 2011
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