Cleopatra's Nose

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More by Daniel J. Boorstin : Cleopatra's Nose

Related Books

• The Discoverers
• The Americans: The Colonial Experience
• Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: The Modern Library Collection (Complete and Unabridged)
• The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume I
• The Image
• The Creators
• The Seekers
• The Americans: The Democratic Experience

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Discoverers demonstrates the truth behind the aphorism that if Cleopatra's nose had been shorter, the face of the world would have been changed. Boorstin goes on to uncover the elements of accident, improvisation and contradiction at the core of American institutions and beliefs.

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