This meant total sales of more than two million copies in nine languages, a readership enjoyed by few historians." As noted by The New York Times in Durant's 1981 obituary: "Rousseau and Revolution, which won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction in 1968 and was a Book-of-the-Month Club choice, was a best-seller, as were the 10 other volumes. Published between 19, The Story of Civilization "sought to unify and humanize the great body of historical knowledge." His first, The Story of Philosophy, sold 3,000,000 copies and made The New York Times best seller list. Written in a manner designed to make the subject matter accessible to everyday people or "the common man," the books were extremely popular. The author of 53 books during his lifetime, Durant is best known for The Story of Philosophy and the 11 volume set, The Story of Civilization, which he produced with his wife, Ariel. Will Durant was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a Pulitzer Prize he was both a faculty member and a student at Seton Hall. Meet with an International Undergraduate Admissions Counselor.
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