{"product_id":"the-americans-the-colonial-experience-9780394705132","title":"The Americans: The Colonial Experience","description":"Winner of the Bancroft Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this brilliantly original book, written for the general reader, the American past becomes richly meaningful to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, a trilogy (\u003ci\u003eThe Colonial Experience\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe National Experience\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Democratic Experience\u003c\/i\u003e) that won the Francis Parkman Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1989, he received the National Book Award for lifetime contribution to literature. He was the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, and for twelve years served as the Librarian of Congress. He died in 2004.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50923989205266,"sku":"9780394705132","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ef5758f9-e816-4b54-afa0-1c60b2014fde.jpg?v=1738967214","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-americans-the-colonial-experience-9780394705132","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}