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Author:

Dotson, Bob.

Title:

American story : a lifetime search for ordinary people doing extraordinary things / Bob Dotson.

Edition:

Center Point Large Print Ed.

Publisher:

Center Point Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

383 pages (large print) ; 23 cm

Subject:

United States--Social life and customs--Anecdotes.
United States--Anecdotes.--Anecdotes.
National characteristics, American--Anecdotes.
Large type books.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Viking, 2013.

Contents:

Out beyond the limits of settled lives -- See what we all see, but think what no one else has thought -- Fanfare for the common good -- Thinking more of others than they do themselves -- Stories hiding in history's shadow -- What if? -- America works best with a level playing field -- They never let a handicap handicap them -- Where a game is still a game and not a bottom line -- Homesick for places we've never been -- Fame is a vapor -- Playing a bad hand well over and over again.

Summary:

Dotson has been crisscrossing the country for more than forty years--logging more than four million miles--in search of people who have quietly but profoundly changed our lives and our country for the better. Now, in American Story, he presents a road map to the unsung heroes with thoughtful solutions to problems we all face, incredible ideas that work, and blueprints to living our dreams.

ISBN:

1611737362
9781611737363 (hc.)

LCCN:

2013001215

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