Daniel J. Boorstin, 1914-2004
Posted by Jay Manifold on February 29th, 2004 (All posts by Jay Manifold)
A Chicago Boy has passed. Author of The Americans (The Colonial Experience; The National Experience; The Democratic Experience), The Discoverers, The Creators, and The Seekers, among others; Professor in History, 1944-64, and Preston and Sterling Morton Distinguished Service Professor, 1964-69; and Librarian of Congress from 1975-1987. WaPo obit here; USAToday obit here. Requiescat in pace.
February 29th, 2004 at 2:51 pm
I love those books, creators and discovers. RIP
March 4th, 2004 at 11:52 am
I may have missed it but why aren’t Allen Bloom and Saul Bellow in your Boyz Pantheon?