"American Egyptologist is the fascinating story of a man and the formation of an institution whose roots lie in the tense politics of the Middle East but whose mission is to keep alive the histories of the ancient Near East." (Times Higher Education) "Jeffrey Abt's biography is almost encyclopedic, but the narrative is always visible amid the detail, and footnotes ... Read moreand references are used wisely. It is unlikely that the story of this restless scholar will need to be written again." (Wall Street Journal) "Jeffrey Abt's absorbing and sumptuously illustrated book places Breasted's life in the broader contexts of a codifying educational system, philanthropy in the Gilded Age, and the growing chasm between faith and reason." (New Yorker)" Show Less