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C-SPAN Booknotes: Daniel Boorstin - Transcript and program information from an interview about "The Creators."
New York Times: Wanted - More Events, More Heroes - A critical review of "The Image," lambasting both Boorstin's conclusions and scholarship.
The Modern World: The Image - The first chapter of Borrstin's 1961 book tracing the move of the press from news gathering to news making.

Daniel J. Boorstin - Daniel Joseph Boorstin (October 1, 1914 – February 28, 2004) was a prolific American historian, professor, attorney, and writer. He served as the U.
The Seekers (book) - The Seekers is a non-fiction work of cultural history by Daniel Boorstin published in 1998 (hardback - 1999 paperback) and is the third and final volume in the "knowledge" trilogy.
The Creators - The Creators is a non-fiction work of cultural history by Daniel Boorstin published in 1992 and is the second volume in what has become known as the Knowledge Trilogy. It was preceded by The Discoverers and succeeded by The Seekers.
The Discoverers - The Discoverers is a non-fiction historical work by Daniel Boorstin published in 1983 and is the first in the Knowledge Trilogy that also includes The Creators and The Seekers.
Center for the Book - The Center for the Book was founded in 1977 by Daniel J. Boorstin, the Librarian of Congress, in order to use the Library of Congress to promote literacy, libraries, and reading in general, as well as an understanding of the history and heritage of American literature.