Download or read book American Egyptologist written by Jeffrey Abt and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Henry Breasted (1865-1935) had a career that epitomizes our popular image of the archaeologist. In this work, Abt weaves together the disparate strands of Breasted's life, from his small-town origins following the Civil War to his evolution into the father of American Egyptology.