Summary of the Theme
This series examines Christopher Columbus and his effects on history from a variety of genres and viewpoints: cultural, historical, fictional, and satirical.

Seeds of Change: A Quincentennial Commemoration is a collection of essays tracing Old and New World exchanges of sugar, maize, potatoes, wine, horses, and other common plants and animals as well as disease, over the course of five hundred years.

Book List

• Seeds of Change: A Quincentennial Commemoration edited by Herman Viola
• The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich
• Christopher Columbus, Mariner, by Samuel Eliot Morison
• The Dogs of Paradise by Abel Posse
• The Journal of Christopher Columbus translated by Cecil Jane

Program Brochure
The humanities scholar's essay was written by in 1991 by Herman J. Viola, Director of Quincentenary Programs, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

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  Scholar's essay, annotated book list, and supplementary texts (pdf)*

"How To" Discussion Programming Guide
Developed to aid participants in “The Millennium Project for Public Libraries,” this programming guide provides basic information about developing and promoting book discussion programs.

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