Includes bibliographical references and index. Read by David M. Rubenstein, Carla Hayden, David McCullough, Ron Chernow, Jean Edward Smith, H. W. Brands, Walter Isaacson, Bob Woodward, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Taylor Branch, Cokie Roberts, Jay Winik, and A. Scott Berg.
Contents:
David McCullough on John Adams -- Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamlton -- Walter Isaacson on Benjamin Franklin -- Cokie Roberts on Founding mothers -- Doris Kearns Goodwin on Abraham Lincoln -- A. Scott Berg on Charles Lindbergh -- Jay Winik on Franklin D. Rossevelt and 1944 -- Jean Edward Smith on Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Taylor Branch on Martin Luther King -- Bob Woodward on Richard Nixon -- H.W, Brands on Ronald Reagan.
Summary:
A sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest historians. In these lively dialogues, the biggest names in American history explore the subjects they've come to so intimately know and understand: David McCullough on John Adams, Jon Meacham on Thomas Jefferson, Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton, Walter Isaacson on Benjamin Franklin, Doris Kearns Goodwin on Abraham Lincoln, A. Scott Berg on Charles Lindbergh, Taylor Branch on Martin Luther King, Robert Caro on Lyndon B. Johnson, Bob Woodward on Richard Nixon, and many others, including a special conversation with Chief Justice John Roberts. Rubenstein captures the brilliance of our most esteemed historians, as well as the souls of their subjects.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.