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04012cam a2200637 a 4500 001 F59A1B98FBD011DEB3E93EDF5F36B428 003 SILO 005 20230211010336 008 091005s2009 nyu 000 0deng 010 $a 2009041675 020 $a 9781439183441 020 $a 1439183449 020 $a 1439183457 (ebk.) 020 $a 9781439183458 (ebk.) 020 $a 1439180644 020 $a 9781439180648 035 $a (OCoLC)429024755 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d UPZ $d MLY $d IK2 $d ZJI $d ZS3 $d IHV $d MOF $d YDXCP $d BWX $d IOV $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E176 $b .I8 2009 082 00 $a 973.09/9 $2 22 100 1 $a Isaacson, Walter. 245 1 $a American sketches : $b great leaders, creative thinkers, and heroes of a hurricane / $c Walter Isaacson. 250 $a 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. 260 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster, $c 2009. 300 $a xi, 285 p. ; $c 25 cm. 505 0 $a Introduction: My so-called writing life -- 1. FRANKLIN AND OTHER FOUNDERS. Franklin and the art of leadership -- God of our fathers -- The opinions of mankind -- Best supporting actor -- A delicate balance -- 2. STATECRAFTERS. McGeorge Bundy, the brightest -- Kissinger and the roots of realism -- He's back! -- Kissinger reappraised -- James Baker, wise man? -- Madeleine's war -- Colin Powell, the good soldier -- George Tenet and the instinct to please -- 3. REAGAN AND GORBACHEV. We meet again -- The Gorbachev challenge -- Yes, he's for real -- Figuring out Ronnie -- 4. THE CLINTONS. Fighting words -- I'm okay, you're okay -- 5. ALBERT EINSTEIN. Einstein's God -- Creative thinker -- A new way to view science -- Einstein and the bomb -- Einstein's final quest -- 6. THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY. In search of the real Bill Gates -- The passion of Andrew Grove -- Our century and the next one -- The Biotech Age -- Person of the century -- 7. JOURNALISM. Luce's values, then and now -- Henry Grunwald -- Maynard Parker -- George Plimpton -- A bold, old idea for saving Journalism -- 8. INTERLUDE: Woody Allen's heart wants what it wants -- 9. NEW ORLEANS, MON AMOUR. Green trees -- How to bring the magic back -- EPILOGUE: The future restored. 520 $a In this collection of essays, Walter Isaacson reflects on the lessons to be learned from Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton, and various other interesting characters he has chronicled as a biographer and journalist. Isaacson also describes the joys of the "so-called writing life" and the challenges he sees for journalism in the digital age. 651 0 $a United States $v Anecdotes. $v Anecdotes. 651 0 $a United States $x History $v Anecdotes. 600 10 $a Isaacson, Walter. 650 0 $a Biographers $z United States $v Biography. 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009041675-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009041675-d.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009041675-s.html 941 $a 18 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430013551.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722024007.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20201126010018.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006051610.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418073646.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825043016.0 952 $l UAPA765 $d 20160725165355.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20140812072350.0 952 $l ZBPE245 $d 20131219024406.0 952 $l TVPD862 $d 20131123011051.0 952 $l HIPC765 $d 20120711011321.0 952 $l VSPC034 $d 20120209011711.0 952 $l ERPB725 $d 20110719161941.0 952 $l ZYPE837 $d 20100503170930.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20100405120518.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20100201083435.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20100201160426.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20100201161512.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F59A1B98FBD011DEB3E93EDF5F36B428 994 $a 02 $b IOVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search