Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs To Know

Written by E. D. Hirsch, James Trefil and Joseph F. Kett

Narrated by Jim Meskimen

In this forceful manifesto, Hirsch argues that children in the U.S. are being deprived of the basic knowledge that would enable them to function in contemporary society. Includes 5,000 essential facts to know.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperAudio
• Release date: Sep 3, 2019
• ISBN: 9780358296959

E. D. Hirsch

E.D. Hirsch, Jr. is the Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and the author of Cultural Literacy, The First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, and The Core Knowledge Series. Dr. Hirsch is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has been a senior fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is president of the Core Knowledge Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to educational reform.

Reviews for Cultural Literacy

[Bobby Simpson · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Does not include 5000 facts. This books title should have been “On Cultural Literacy” and dropped the part about what every America should know because it doesn’t actually include that information. It’s more of an argument about the type of knowledge and curriculum we should have as Americans but does not contain that core factual knowledge. It felt like a waste of time.