American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
Walter Isaacson
(Author)
Description
In this collection of essays, the brilliant, acclaimed biographer Walter Isaacson reflects on lessons to be learned from Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton, and other interesting characters he has chronicled both as biographer and journalist. He writes also about how he became a writer, the challenges for journalism in the digital age, and offers loving tributes to his hometown of New Orleans.
Product Details
Price
$18.00
$16.74
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publish Date
November 02, 2010
Pages
304
Dimensions
6.1 X 8.96 X 0.8 inches | 0.87 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781439183441
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Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.
Reviews
"A compelling, highly readable collection of fresh perspectives on some of the most significant names in American history." -Kirkus