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The Americans, the Colonial Experience
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The Americans, the Colonial Experience Soft cover - 1964

by Boorstin, Daniel J

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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc. Good/No dust jacket; soft cover (Grade C+) Ex Library w/few markings, Bibliography, Index. Excellent Reading & Reference cpy. . Good. Soft cover. 1964.
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  • Title The Americans, the Colonial Experience
  • Author Boorstin, Daniel J
  • Binding Soft cover
  • Edition 1st Vintage ed
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Date 1964
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 028241
  • ISBN 9780394705132 / 0394705130
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.2 x 1 in (20.32 x 13.21 x 2.54 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects National characteristics, American, United States - Civilization - To 1783
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 75330427
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.2

From the jacket flap

Winner of the Bancroft Prize. "A superb panorama of life in America from the first settlements on through the white hot days of the Revolution." - Bruce Lancaster, Saturday Review

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About 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.