Edited by Daniel J Boorstin (6 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Impression. 176 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good in like dustjacket, with just one small chip at the top of the jacket spine. The front free endpaper bears the ownership signature of noted clinical psychologist Robert H. Roth.

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Magazine. Cover design by Alvin Lustig. Small Quarto. 191pp. Perfectbound. Illustrated with black and white, and color plates. Abrasions on the rear wrapper with age-toning and rubbing, very good. Notable contributors include James Thurber, Robert M. Coates, James T. Farrell, Max Lerner, W.H. Auden, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Irving Kristol, Daniel J. Boorstin, and others. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus 3rd Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SYNOPSIS: The Declaration of Independence; The Constitution; Washington's Farewell Address; Thoreau's Civil Disobedience; Lincoln's Gettysburg Address; William James' Pragmatism; Wendell Wilkie's One World; Faulkner's Nobel Prize Acceptance; John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address. From the Mayflower Compact of 1620 to President Johnson's 1965 Address on Voting Rights, here are documents that will endure as long as our nation exists. The eighty-three selections in this volume span the spectrum of American political, economic and cultural history as it was made, and as it was lived. All are put in clear perspective as they are analyzed by distinguished historians. Originally published in two volumes by the University of Chicago Press, this unique and essential book is available in this one-volume Mentor edition, complete and unabridged. - and - "When in the course of human events . . . " "Four score ands even years ago . . . " "Ask not what your country can do for you . . . " Reflected in these elections which comprise this memorable volume are the personalities, ideas, and events that help form the fascinating mosaic of our history. Enriched by the commentary of leading historians, this collection brings the past vividly alive - and in so doing sheds vital light on America and Americans today. Daniel J. Boorstin, editor of An American Primer, is Professor of American History at the University of Chicago, and editor of the Chicago History of American Civilization series. He is author of America and the Image of Europe; Genius of American Politics; The Americans: The Colonial Experience; Image, or What Happened to the American Dream; and The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. …