Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph)

The Exploring Spirit: America and the World, Then and Now

New York: Random House, c1976. First American Edition. Second Printing. 22 cm, 102, red mark on bottom edge Boorstin's Reith Lectures in 1975. He distinguishes between discoverers (the end of a search) and explorers (the beginning of a search). He sees America as the source of the explorer mentality, and finds we are still exploring. The author was a Pulitzer prize winner, museum director, and Librarian of Congress. Condition: very good, very good.

Keywords: Exploration, Discovery, Science, Research, Communities, American Indians, Citizen-Soldiers, Frontier

ISBN: 0394406028

[Book #24120]

Price: $22.50