Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph)

The Exploring Spirit: America and the World Experience

London: British Broadcasting Corp. 1976. 22 cm, 102, front DJ flap price clipped, pencil erasure on front endpaper. This is the revised version of the 1975 Reith lectures. The author was a Pulitzer Prize-winner, museum director, and librarian. He distinguishes between discoverers (the end of a search) and explorers, and sees America as the source of the explorer mentality. Condition: very good, very godo.

Keywords: C. Columbus, Civilization, Democracy, Discovery, Explorers, Founding Fathers, Leadership, National Character, Pilgrim Fathers

ISBN: 0563170964

[Book #36960]

Price: $31.50