"Tyrians having been driven from their native city by Alexander and refused a place of refuge sailed for the great island of Atlantis ...But the island having been destroyed by a great overflow they sailed many weeks and at last landed upon the shores of Mexico where they founded the Aztec empire." - Portland Transcript (1850) Dr. Newman's 1849 book "Origin of the Red Men" is based on the old tradition of the island of Atlantis related by Plato in his dialogue entitled Timaeus as having been brought from Egypt by Solon. The theory of the work is that the Tyrians having been driven from their native city by Alexander and refused a place of refuge sailed for the great island of Atlantis with which their fore fathers had had commercial dealings. But the island having been destroyed by a great overflow they sailed many weeks and at last landed upon the shores of Mexico where they founded the Aztec empire. Newman writes that after the Tyrians arrived in the New World, "a man tall in stature, of a fair complexion, with long dark hair and a flowing beard, rose up among the Aztecs and became celebrated by his actions and teachings. They called him Quetzalcoatl or the god of the air.... For many years he thus continued his career of greatness and benevolence until finding that the hearts of the people were with him and it was in his power to influence them as he choose, the higher powers became jealous..." About the author: John B. Newman, M.D., L.L.D. (born in 1823) was President of Harrodsburg Female Academy, Harrodsburg, Ky. Other books by the author include: • The early peopling of America, and its discovery before the time of Columbus (1848) • Fascination; or the Philosophy of charming (1854) • The flora belle, or Gems from nature • The home doctor, or, Family manual (1847) • Illustrated botany, containing a floral dictionary and a glossary of scientific terms. (1850) • Library of mesmerism and psychology (1888) • The natural history of man: showing his three aspects of plant, beast, and angel (1851) • Wa-wa-wanda. A legend of old Orange (1860)