Our Oriental Heritage (The Story of Civilization: Part I)
by Will Durant
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- Hardcover
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From [the Wikipedia page for *The Story of Civilization*][1]: The Story of Civilization, by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant, is an eleven-volume set of books covering Western history for the general reader. The volumes sold well for many years, and sets of them were frequently offered by book clubs. The series was written over a span of more than four decades, and totals four million words across nearly 10,000 pages, but is incomplete. In the first volume (Our Oriental Heritage, which covers the history of the East through 1933), Will Durant stated that he wanted to include the history of the West through the early 20th century. However, the series ends with The Age of Napoleon because the Durants both died in the 1980s – she in her 80s and he in his 90s – before they could complete additional volumes. The first six volumes of The Story of Civilization are credited to Will Durant, with Ariel receiving recognition in the acknowledgements. In later volumes, beginning with The Age of Reason Begins, Ariel is credited as a co-author. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Civilization
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- Pella Books (US)
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- Title
- Our Oriental Heritage (The Story of Civilization: Part I)
- Author
- Will Durant
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used Good
- Jacket Condition
- yes Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Date Published
- January 1954
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