THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
**The capstone book in a trilogy from the New York Times bestselling
author of How to Lead and The American Story and host of Bloomberg
TV's The David Rubenstein Show--American icons and historians on the
ever-evolving American experiment, featuring Ken Burns, Madeleine
Albright, Wynton Marsalis, Billie Jean King, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and
many more.
In this lively collection of conversations--the third in a series from
David Rubenstein--some of our nations' greatest minds explore the
inspiring story of America as a grand experiment in democracy, culture,
innovation, and ideas.
-Jill Lepore on the promise of America
-Madeleine Albright on the American immigrant
-Ken Burns on war
-Henry Louis Gates Jr. on reconstruction
-Elaine Weiss on suffrage
-John Meacham on civil rights
-Walter Isaacson on innovation
-David McCullough on the Wright Brothers
-John Barry on pandemics and public health
-Wynton Marsalis on music
-Billie Jean King on sports
-Rita Moreno on film
Exploring the diverse make-up of our country's DNA through interviews
with Pulitzer Prize-winning historians, diplomats, music legends, and
sports giants, The American Experiment captures the dynamic arc of a
young country reinventing itself in real-time. Through these
enlightening conversations, the American spirit comes alive, revealing
the setbacks, suffering, invention, ingenuity, and social movements that
continue to shape our vision of what America is--and what it can be.
