Title from web page. Read by Jeremy Lowell. Compact discs. Duration: 9:30:00.
Contents:
Grover Cleveland : the mysterious case of the disappearing president -- I did not kill Armstrong : the chaotic early days of radio -- Woodrow Wilson : the Great Deceiver -- Streets of gold : Charles Ponzi and the American scheme -- I Love Lucy : the tragic genius of Desi Arnaz -- The muckracker : how a lost letter revealed Upton Sinclair's deception -- Alan Turing : how the father of the computer saved the world for democracy -- The Chameleon : Alger Hiss and the suspension of disbelief -- The City of Tomorrow : Walt Disney's last and lost dream -- Make it great, John : how Steve Jobs and John Lasseter changed history at Pixar.
Summary:
The people who made America were not always what they seemed. There were entrepreneurs and visionaries whose selflessness propelled the country forward, but there were also charlatans and fraudsters whose selfishness nearly derailed the country. Listeners will learn the true stories of the heroes and villains who made America.
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