The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- ISBN-10
- 1432893521
- ISBN-13
- 9781432893521
- Series
- The American Experiment
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 811
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-01-05
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press Large Print
- Author
- David M. Rubenstein
Description
"In this lively collection of conversations--the third in a series from David Rubenstein--some of our nations' greatest minds explore the inspiring story of America as a grand experiment in democracy, culture, innovation, and ideas. -Jill Lepore on the promise of America -Madeleine Albright on the American immigrant -Ken Burns on war -Henry Louis Gates Jr. on reconstruction -Elaine Weiss on suffrage -John Meacham on civil rights -Walter Isaacson on innovation -David McCullough on the Wright Brothers -John Barry on pandemics and public health -Wynton Marsalis on music -Billie Jean King on sports -Rita Moreno on film Exploring the diverse make-up of our country's DNA through interviews with Pulitzer Prize-winning historians, diplomats, music legends, and sports giants, The American Experiment captures the dynamic arc of a young country reinventing itself in real-time. Through these enlightening conversations, the American spirit comes alive, revealing the setbacks, suffering, invention, ingenuity, and social movements that continue to shape our vision of what America is--and what it can be"--
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- 2020-08-02
- 508 pages
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- 2013-05-21
- 2722 pages
- Ebook
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