Engaging, admirable, and enjoyable book on 'the long view' that covers a lot of ground: Cahokia, St. Louis' history as a center for flight, mapmaking and aerial views, ancient and contemporary art, governmental and military surveillance, satellites, climate change, covid-19. It's also peppered with biographies of historical figures I was happy to learn about, and facts that, while not always fun, were surprising and important—Tulsa was the first US city to be bombed from the air during the Tulsa race massacre.

Really wonderful collage of historical, archival, and personal research that illuminates and surprises—lucid and thoughtful, with great quotes (from the Book of Revelation, Le Corbusier, 1910s local newspapers. . . a delicious mix).

A great example of my favorite kind of nonfiction book—well-written, intelligent, and interested in drawing information and narrative from a wide range of sources. For fans of Malcolm Harris or "Bottoms Up and The Devil Laughs."