
The Americans by Daniel J Boorstin
This Pulitzer Prize-winning final volume of "The Americans" trilogy covers the century following the Civil War (1868-1969). It explores the highways and byways of the American experience, from the Go-Getters who explored new boundaries to the triumph of man landing on the Moon.
Daniel J Boorstin was born in 1914 and educated at Harvard, Yale, and Oxford. He is Librarian of Congress Emeritus, having directed the US national library from 1979-1987. He had previously been Director of the National Museum for History and Technology and of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. He taught at the University of Chicago for twenty-five years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781842120743 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842120743 |
| Title | The Americans |
| Author | Daniel J Boorstin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2000-09-21 |
| Number of pages | 736 |
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