American sketches : great leaders, creative thinkers, and heroes of a hurricane
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Edition
First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 285 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Cottonwood Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
973.09 ISA
1 available
973.09 ISA
1 available
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
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Description
What are the roots of creativity? What makes for great leadership? How do influential people end up rippling the surface of history? In this collection of essays, the author 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. The people he writes about have an awesome intelligence, in most cases, but that is not the secret of their success. They had qualities that were even more rare, such as imagination and true curiosity. He reflects on how he became a writer, the lessons he learned from various people he met, and the challenges he sees for journalism in the digital age. He also offers loving tributes to his hometown of New Orleans, which both before and after Hurricane Katrina offered many of the ingredients for a creative culture, and to the Louisiana novelist Walker Percy, who was an early mentor. He describes the joys of the "so-called writing life" and the way that tales about the lives of fascinating people can enlighten our own lives.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Isaacson, W. (2009). American sketches: great leaders, creative thinkers, and heroes of a hurricane (First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.). Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Isaacson, Walter. 2009. American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Isaacson, Walter. American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane Simon & Schuster, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Isaacson, Walter. American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition., Simon & Schuster, 2009.
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