Co-founder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M.
Rubenstein takes readers on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of
the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest
historians.
In these lively dialogues, the biggest names in American history explore
the subjects they've come to so intimately know and understand.
-- David McCullough on John Adams
-- Jon Meacham on Thomas Jefferson
-- Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton
-- Walter Isaacson on Benjamin Franklin
-- Doris Kearns Goodwin on Abraham Lincoln
-- A. Scott Berg on Charles Lindbergh
-- Taylor Branch on Martin Luther King
-- Robert Caro on Lyndon B. Johnson
-- Bob Woodward on Richard Nixon
--And many others, including a special conversation with Chief Justice
John Roberts
Through his popular program The David Rubenstein Show, David
Rubenstein has established himself as one of our most thoughtful
interviewers. Now, in The American Story, David captures the
brilliance of our most esteemed historians, as well as the souls of
their subjects. The book features introductions by Rubenstein as well a
foreword by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, the first woman and the
first African American to lead our national library. Richly illustrated
with archival images from the Library of Congress, the book is destined
to become a classic for serious readers of American history.
Through these captivating exchanges, these bestselling and Pulitzer
Prize-winning authors offer fresh insight on pivotal moments from the
Founding Era to the late 20th century.
