The kingdom of speech

First there was the word. Or was there? Before Tom Wolfe was a bestselling novelist, he was a groundbreaking journalist. Now the maestro storyteller turns his attention to the mystery behind the creation of hiw own most important tool. In The Kingdom of Speech , Wolfe makes the captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech-not evolution-is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements. From Alfred Russel Wallace, the self...