American sketches: great leaders, creative thinkers, and heroes of a hurricane
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
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Book
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Desc:
xi, 285 pages ; 25 cm
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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.
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English
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9781439180648, 1439180644, 9781439183458, 1439183457, 1439183449, 9781439183441
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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.
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Isaacson, W. (2009). American sketches: great leaders, creative thinkers, and heroes of a hurricane. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York, Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Isaacson, Walter. 2009. American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane. New York, Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Isaacson, Walter, American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane. New York, Simon & Schuster, 2009.
MLA Citation (style guide)Isaacson, Walter. American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York, Simon & Schuster, 2009.
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