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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
When I saw the name of the author of this book, Charles Van Doren, I definitely remembered hearing the name. But, I just couldn't remember where I heard the name or what from. Then, as I was looking at other books at Amazon that Doren (or would it be "Van Doren"?) had written, I found out. This guy co-authored with Mortimer Adler the magisterial classic How to Read a Book! That pretty much made up my mind to buy this ebook, for myself.
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I suspect he would prefer to be remembered for his books, but I think most people remember him from the cheating scandal on the 1950s TV show Twenty One, or the movie "Quiz Show" which retold the story (with Hollywood taking their usual dramatic license to ignore the facts).