American Sketches - Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane (Paperback)


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.

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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.

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General

Imprint

Simon & Schuster

Country of origin

United States

Release date

November 2010

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

November 2010

Authors

Dimensions

228 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

304

ISBN-13

978-1-4391-8344-1

Barcode

9781439183441

Categories

LSN

1-4391-8344-9