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050 00 E176|b.I8 2009 
100 1  Isaacson, Walter. 
245 10 American sketches :|bgreat leaders, creative thinkers, and
       heroes of a hurricane /|cWalter Isaacson. 
250    1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. 
264  1 New York :|bSimon & Schuster,|c2009. 
300    xi, 285 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 0  Introduction: My so-called writing life -- 1. FRANKLIN AND
       OTHER FOUNDERS. Franklin and the art of leadership -- God 
       of our fathers -- The opinions of mankind -- Best 
       supporting actor -- A delicate balance -- 2. 
       STATECRAFTERS. McGeorge Bundy, the brightest -- Kissinger 
       and the roots of realism -- He's back! -- Kissinger 
       reappraised -- James Baker, wise man? -- Madeleine's war -
       - Colin Powell, the good soldier -- George Tenet and the 
       instinct to please -- 3. REAGAN AND GORBACHEV. We meet 
       again -- The Gorbachev challenge -- Yes, he's for real -- 
       Figuring out Ronnie -- 4. THE CLINTONS. Fighting words -- 
       I'm okay, you're okay -- 5. ALBERT EINSTEIN. Einstein's 
       God -- Creative thinker -- A new way to view science -- 
       Einstein and the bomb -- Einstein's final quest -- 6. THE 
       AGE OF TECHNOLOGY. In search of the real Bill Gates -- The
       passion of Andrew Grove -- Our century and the next one --
       The Biotech Age -- Person of the century -- 7. JOURNALISM.
       Luce's values, then and now -- Henry Grunwald -- Maynard 
       Parker -- George Plimpton -- A bold, old idea for saving 
       Journalism -- 8. INTERLUDE: Woody Allen's heart wants what
       it wants -- 9. NEW ORLEANS, MON AMOUR. Green trees -- How 
       to bring the magic back -- EPILOGUE: The future restored. 
520    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. 
590    Gift of Dr. Gary Jason. 
600 10 Isaacson, Walter. 
650  0 Biographers|zUnited States|vBiography. 
651  0 United States|vBiography|vAnecdotes. 
651  0 United States|xHistory|vAnecdotes. 
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