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03105aam a2200493 i 4500 001 58BF7E60214311EEBC7340321FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230713010558 007 tb 008 230523t20232023meu d 000 0beng d 010 $a 2023934109 020 $a 1638087822 020 $a 9781638087823 035 $a (OCoLC)1379754089 040 $a CPLPT $b eng $e rda $c CPLPT $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a CT275.W53235 $b V66 2023d 082 04 $a 973.9092 $2 23/eng/2019 100 1 $a Von Drehle, David $d 1961- $e author. 245 14 $a The book of Charlie : $b wisdom from the remarkable American life of a 109-year-old man / $c David Von Drehle. 250 $a Center Point Large Print edition. 264 1 $a Thorndike, Maine : $b Center Point Large Print, $c 2023. 300 $a 255 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print $2 rdafs 500 $a Regular print version previously published by Simon & Schuster, Inc. 520 $a "When a veteran Washington journalist moved to Kansas, he met a new neighbor who was more than a century old. Little did he know that he was beginning a long friendship -- and a profound lesson in the meaning of life. Charlie White was no ordinary neighbor. Born before radio, Charlie lived long enough to use a smartphone. When a shocking tragedy interrupted his idyllic boyhood, Charlie mastered survival strategies that reflect thousands of years of human wisdom. Thus armored, Charlie's sense of adventure carried him on an epic journey across the continent, and later found him swinging across bandstands of the Jazz Age, racing aboard ambulances through Depression-era gangster wars, improvising techniques for early open-heart surgery, and cruising the Amazon as a guest of Peru's president. David Von Drehle came to understand that Charlie's resilience and willingness to grow made this remarkable neighbor a master in the art of thriving through times of dramatic change. As a gift to his children, he set out to tell Charlie's secrets. The Book of Charlie is a gospel of grit -- the inspiring story of one man's journey through a century of upheaval. The history that unfolds through Charlie's story reminds you that the United States has always been a divided nation, a questing nation, an inventive nation -- a nation of Charlies in the rollercoaster pursuit of a good and meaningful life." $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs 650 0 $a Centenarians 650 0 $a Older men $x United States 650 0 $a Resilience (Personality trait) 650 0 $a Conduct of life 655 0 $a Large type books 655 0 $a Biographies 941 $a 8 945 $a lpt 952 $l WXPD305 $d 20231214063319.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20231206013103.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20231102012344.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20231005012159.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230902011215.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230802012942.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230802012021.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20230713014236.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=58BF7E60214311EEBC7340321FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search