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Synopsis
A companion to The Discoverers examines humans' search for knowledge, discussing the writers, painters, musicians, and architects--Homer, Dante, Cervantes, and others--who have contributed to civilization. 100,000 first printing. BOMC Main. First serial, U.S. News & World Report. Tour.
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Review
"The capston to one of the greatest careers in the history of American intellectual endeavor. With The Creators, Boorstin enters the ranks of the 'heroes of the imagination.'" --George F. Will
"A remarkable achievement an a pleasure to read." --The New York Times Book Review "There are few writers who could tackle so vast a subject with as much verve or self-assurance or infectious enthusiam as Boorstin. . . . He combines lively opinion a distinguished historian's erudition, with a first-class journalist's clarity and eye for the revealing anecdote . . . irresitible." --USA TodayAbout the Author
Daniel J. Boorstin was the author of The Americans, a trilogy (The Colonial Experience; The National Experience, and The Democratic Experience) that won the Francis Parkman Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1989, he received the National Book Award for lifetime contribution to literature. He was the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, and for twelve years served as the Librarian of Congress. He died in 2004.
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- PublisherRandom House
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0679422706
- ISBN 13 9780679422709
- BindingHardcover
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