I think this makes a great graduation gift for high school seniors. At the same time, it is a veritable treasure trove of information about the history of the West and of a good deal of world history. Daniel Boorstin, a trained historian and the former Librarian of Congress has an encyclopedic grasp of his subject and writes with elegance and wit. Though you might not expect it, this is a page turner of a book. He has a tremendous gift for storytelling and his characterizations bring so many time periods and historical personages off the page that it had a virtual documentary feel to it.
The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself is one of the most enjoyable books I've ever read.
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