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Ronald Wright


Born
in London, England, The United Kingdom
January 01, 1948

Genre
Literature & Fiction, History


Ronald Wright is a Canadian author who has written books of travel, history and fiction. His nonfiction includes the bestseller Stolen Continents, winner of the Gordon Montador Award and chosen as a book of the year by the Independent and the Sunday Times. His first novel, A Scientific Romance, won the 1997 David Higham Prize for Fiction and was chosen a book of the year by the Globe and Mail, the Sunday Times, and the New York Times.

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Average rating: 4.02 · 8,547 ratings · 943 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors
A Short History of Progress
4.10 avg rating — 5,446 ratings — published 2004 — 20 editions
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The Gold Eaters
3.75 avg rating — 782 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions
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Stolen Continents: Five Hun...
4.24 avg rating — 678 ratings — published 1992 — 29 editions
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A Scientific Romance
3.65 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 1997 — 14 editions
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What is America?: A Short H...
4.06 avg rating — 359 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions
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Time Among the Maya: Travel...
3.79 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 1989 — 17 editions
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An Illustrated Short Histor...
4.43 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2007
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Henderson's Spear
3.43 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions
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Cut Stones and Crossroads: ...
3.93 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1984 — 14 editions
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On Fiji Islands
3.67 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions
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“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
― Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress
tags: american-dream, misattributed-to-john-steinbeck
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“If civilization is to survive, it must live on the interest, not the capital, of nature.”
― Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress
tags: environment
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“Each time history repeats itself, the price goes up.”
― Ronald Wright
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