Frozen Man

by David Getz, Peter McCarty

"Getz explains the incredible story of the Iceman clearly and concisely, simply enough for a child to understand but in enough depth to satisfy a curious lay adult." -- Kirkus Reviews

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Science, Childrens

64 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 1994

Reviews

[Angelee · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is very fascinating, it's all in the story of a dead body, something very extraordinary. Clothes, and tools were beside the body. There is something very interesting about this body, something extraordinary. One man dead for over more than 50 centuries. This dead man may have a big story behind his death, read to find out more.

Very interesting! I would recommend this book for anyone who likes DEATH. This was a pretty interesting book, and hope that many people read it. I hope that many people were to read this book because that way they can learn about the story behind this man that once died. This was very intruiguing and I hope to have many people reading this book, that way they may also learn about the archiologist who studied this man's, who once lived, body. This is a recommendation for pretty much anyone who is reading this review. Please read this book and learn about this man, who died, and I hope you enjoy the book if you do read it.

[Luke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Frozen Man is about a 5,000-year-old body found in the alps. The body was found by a couple of hikers that took an unmarked path back to their lodge. They told the authorities and the police came out and tried to drill it out but it destroyed some of the remanences of the body. This limited the number of details the scientist could have done to tell us what he could have been wearing, what he could have looked like, and what he may have given us more evidence on how he died. When the body was transferred to the lab where he would be studied and scientists found that most of his body was still intact. They used evidence from other bodies from around the world to help find out how old he was and what age he era he lived in. From evidence from background knowledge and artifacts found around the body to help find what he was doing before he died. After hundreds of hours of studying and research, they found out that he was a shepherd that was transporting a flock of sheep when his bow broke. When he went back down the mountain to get wood for his bow he laid down and died of the cold. The snow covered him up which ended up turning into a glacier that preserved his body and kept it safe from scavengers and bugs for 5000 years.

I gave this book a 5 out of 5 because it gave straight forward details. This book gave really good background knowledge so you know what will what the book is about. They give statistics for you to know what was happening in the time that the iceman lived. The book had pictures to show you what you were reading about and what the iceman looked like and what it might have looked like where he lived. I liked that the book showed where the body was found and where they studied it.

[Emma]

The book i read was frozen man, this book is about 2 adults find a skeleton in the alp mountains that died over 5000 years ago. This book starts off with the two adults that were coming back from their hiking trip in the alp mountains but the come across something in the pond, when they get closer they then find out it was a human skeleton coming out of the pond lying on its stomach. They immediately call for some people to come and take a look at it. When people come they get the body out of the ice and pond and archaeologists examine the body and look over to find that the body was in perfect condition with no cracks, bends, or broken bones. They try to come up with theories about the body how it stayed in perfect condition. After they examined the body they find many facts and many theories about what the man looked like and other things like when they think he died ad how he died and what his job was if he even had a job. The archaeologists were also able to dig up all of the humans tools and stuff he brought on his journey, the archaeologists were then able to answer many questions about the human and many questions how like how those people live 5000 years ago and what it was like.

I would give this book a four and one-half because i really liked and enjoyed this book, it was very fascinating about how they found a body from 5000 years ago. I thought this book was a way to learn about the times back then but also learn in a fun way, I also like how they described all the tools and how they found the body with details to the point where i could imagine it in my head, They even added maps and pictures to show what he looked like and where everything was found. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes learning about the stone age and

[Joseph]

This story is about a man who died about 5,000 years ago in the alps mountains underneath a glacier. He died in late august early September. They found this out because of the berries he was carrying in his kind of fanny pack but a little more primitive item, the berries grew in that specific time. He died due to cold, since he was higher up in the mountains he had to start a fire but he didn't have any wood . Because wood grew lower at the mountains. they also figured out he was a Shepard because the specific location he was founded in that is where Shepard still go to this day. also while they were digging up his corps they found over 200 pieces of artifacts like the bronze ax he was carrying, a quiver, a couple of arrows, some parts of his cape that was made of grass, and many more. What he wore all together archaeologists believe that he had over 49 different types of grass.

I like this story its one of my favorites because the author tells you more and more about this mysterious man as the story goes on. I like this story because its informative i would change nothing about this story the only part i don't like is the fact that hes a Shepherd i was really disappointing i thought he would be something more interesting.

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about a frozen body that two German hiker had found. It goes through the process the scientists took to discovered how he died, when he died, and what he looked like. It gives you great information on how he was found. It also tells you like in those mountains 8 climbers died in one day. This book show you pictures of his tools, a map of where all of his tool and clothes were found, and how the scientists think he looked like when he was alive. This book also tells you that the mountain was on the border of Italy and Austria, and how the Italian police didn't care about the discovery of the body.

I think this book is a great source of information on how they take care of certain tools and how they can only have his body out of a freezer for only 30 minutes so it doesn't start to decompose. This book would be great for someone that is interested in life in the stone age but also being a scientist. This book is literary non-fiction which means it is told like a story but is non-fiction. This book was published only 3 years after the body was found in 1991. I would read this book for a short read but I can still fill up note-book pages with it.

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

We usually read Fiction for our read-aloud but while learning about the Alps with my 3 & 5 year olds, I came across this book. It was fascinating. We read the book while they played with a manipulative and they were very interested in the pictures as I was reading. I liked how this book introduced the field of archeology (they are already very well acquainted with paleontology!), the scientific process of carbon dating and the research and preservation processes of ancient artifacts and bodies.

[Shanna · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not enough information on the science of the ice man, along with too many sidebars which distract from the main topic, made it hard for me to stay interested. Mythology has no place in a science book.

[Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about the how the frozen man was found. This skeleton was found by two adults. They found the skeleton because they were traveling in the Alps. mountains. This change everyone perspectives on things. Everyone was trying to figure out why he was there and why he was there. Scientist are tying to figure out why this happened. Also people admire this situation. People still don't know the full story of the frozen man.

I enjoyed this book because it was very interesting. I loved reading about the frozen man. I also enjoyed learning more about the skeleton and how he was found. I recommend this book to someone who enjoys history and mystery. Overall I enjoyed this book!

[Yefferson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this book because it support every idea and detailed that is written in it....

[Rachel Stevens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Required for Children's Lit. A very interesting NF book!

[Chelsea Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Non-fiction for children. I thought it was really fascinating read.