The Epic of Man Author:The Editors of LIFE "It doth not yet appear," said St. John in the New Testament, "what we shall be." The Epic of Man is the account of a still uncompleted but tremendous journey - the journey of man out of darkness into the light of civilization, out of mindless ignorance into a shuddering knowledge of himself and the inescapable fact that the power he has learned... more » to draw from nature has given him, as yet, no comparable mastery over himself.
A rich and enriching chronicle, The Epic of Man traces the human story through the long reaches of prehistory to the borders of recorded history.
In the tradition of LIFE Magazine, this informative book is filled with thousands of photographs, drawings, maps and charts to enliven the stirring prose for the enjoyment of the reader.« less