Quiz show "21" host Jack Barry turns toward contestant Charles Van Doren as fellow contestant Vivienne Nearing looks on/photo by Orlando Fernandez: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)(LC-USZ62-126813)

Charles Van Doren

Author of How to Read a Book

Includes the names: Charles Van Doren, Charles Van Doren, Charles Van Doran, Charles Van Doren, editor Charles VanDoren, Charles Lincoln Van Doren, Charles (editor) Vab Doren

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How to Read a Book 3,177 copies, 36 reviews
A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future 745 copies, 2 reviews
The Joy of Reading: A Passionate Guide to 189 of the World's Best Authors… 43 copies
The Joy of Reading 39 copies, 1 review
Webster's American Biographies 32 copies
The idea of progress, (Concepts in Western thought series) 8 copies
Growing up in the Wild West 7 copies
Webster's guide to American history; a chronological, geographical, and… 7 copies
Letters to mother; an anthology 5 copies
Breve historia del leer 1 copy
Growing up in the great depression 1 copy
Letters to Mother 1 copy

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1926-02-12

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New York, New York, USA (birth)

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St. John's College (Annapolis ∙ BA)

Columbia University (MA ∙ PhD)

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editor

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Van Doren, Mark (father)

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