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Daniel J. Boorstin

Born

in Atlanta, Georgia, The United States

October 01, 1914

Died

February 28, 2004

Genre

Nonfiction, History

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Daniel Joseph Boorstin was a historian, professor, attorney, and writer. He was appointed twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress from 1975 until 1987.

He graduated from Tulsa's Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 15. He graduated with highest honors from Harvard, studied at Balliol College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and earned his PhD at Yale University. He was a lawyer and a university professor at the University of Chicago for 25 years. He also served as director of the National Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian Institution.

His The Americans The Democratic Experience received the 1974 Pulitzer Prize in history.

Within the discipline of social theory, Boorstin’s 1961 book The Image A Guide ...more

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	The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself 4.11 avg rating — 11,926 ratings — published 1983	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination 4.18 avg rating — 2,659 ratings — published 1992 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America by Daniel J. Boorstin, Douglas Rushkoff (Goodreads Author) (Afterword) 4.08 avg rating — 1,493 ratings — published 1961 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Americans, Vol. 1: The Colonial Experience 4.01 avg rating — 1,099 ratings — published 1958 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World 3.94 avg rating — 996 ratings — published 1998 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Americans, Vol. 3: The Democratic Experience 4.09 avg rating — 793 ratings — published 1973 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Americans, Vol. 2: The National Experience 4.22 avg rating — 468 ratings — published 1966 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected 3.30 avg rating — 264 ratings — published 1994 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Landmark History of the American People, 2 Volumes by Daniel J. Boorstin, Ruth F. Boorstin 3.91 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1968 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Landmark History of the American People, Volume 1: From Plymouth to the West by Daniel J. Boorstin, Ruth Frankel Boorstin 3.95 avg rating — 155 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Daniel J. Boorstin

Knowledge Trilogy (3 books)
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The Americans (4 books)
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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
― Daniel J. Boorstin

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“No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake or tortured a pagan, a heretic, or an unbeliever.”
― Daniel Boorstin

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“A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.”
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