Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected by Daniel J. Boorstin

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Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected

by Daniel J. Boorstin

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Info:	Vintage (1995), Paperback, 224 pages
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This book had such a fascinating title that I had to buy it- but you need to sit somewhere undisturbed to make your way through it. Doesn't have to be read cover to cover- start at a section: New-World Opportunities, for example.

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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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