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.

General

Imprint:	Simon & Schuster
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	November 2010
Authors:	Walter Isaacson
Dimensions:	228 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-4391-8344-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General
LSN:	1-4391-8344-9
Barcode:	9781439183441

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