![]() ![]() Champions of human rights and social reform, the Durants continue to educate and entertain readers the world over. In 1977, the Durants were presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Will and Ariel Durant, after spending over fifty years completing the critically acclaimed series The Story of Civilization, were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1968. A champion of human rights issues, such as the brotherhood of man and social reform, long before such issues were popular, Durants writing still educates and entertains readers around the world. ![]() ![]() He spent more than fifty years writing his critically acclaimed eleven-volume series, The Story of Civilization (the later volumes written in conjunction with his wife, Ariel). Kelley, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette About the Author Will Durant (1885-1981) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize (1968) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977). With their accessible compendium of philosophy and social Review Quotes The Durants masterpiece belongs in any home library and occupies a shelf in many. Book Synopsis A concise survey of the culture and civilization of mankind, The Lessons of History is the result of a lifetime of research from Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Will and Ariel Durant. ![]()
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