The Americans
The Americans won the Bancroft Prize. In this brilliantly original book, written for the general reader, the American past becomes richly meaningful to the present.
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Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1974)
Other awarded books from Daniel J. Boorstin
- The Americans: The Democratic Experience (1973)1 win · 12 score
- The Americans: The Colonial Experience (1964)1 win · 8 score
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