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The American Story : Conversations with Master Historians

In revealing conversations with our greatest historians, cofounder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein takes listeners on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story.

These lively dialogues present some of the biggest names in American history exploring the subjects they intimately know and understand. You’ll hear live recordings of:

—David McCullough on John Adams

—Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton

—Walter Isaacson on Benjamin Franklin

—Cokie Roberts on Founding Mothers

—Doris Kearns Goodwin on Abraham Lincoln

—A. Scott Berg on Charles Lindbergh

—Jay Winik on Franklin D. Roosevelt and 1944

—Jean Edward Smith on Dwight D. Eisenhower

—Taylor Branch on Martin Luther King

—Bob Woodward on Richard Nixon

—H.W. Brands on Ronald Reagan

—And a special conversation with Chief Justice John Roberts

Through his popular program The David Rubenstein Show, David Rubenstein has established himself as one of today’s most thoughtful interviewers. Now, in The American Story, David shares almost a dozen interviews that capture the brilliance of today’s most esteemed historians, as well as the souls of their subjects. The audiobook presents archival recordings of these interviews and features new introductions by Rubenstein as well as a foreword by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, the first woman and the first African American to lead our national library.

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.


Author:

  • David M. Rubenstein

Narrators:

  • David M. Rubenstein
  • David McCullough
  • Walter Isaacson
  • Ron Chernow
  • Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • Taylor Branch
  • A. Scott Berg
  • Cokie Roberts
  • Jay Winik
  • Jean Edward Smith
  • Bob Woodward
  • H.W. Brands
  • Carla Hayden

Format:

  • Audiobook
  • E-book

Duration:

  • 9 h 52 min
  • 377 pages

Language:

English

Categories:

  • History
  • United States of America

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    David M. Rubenstein

    David M. Rubenstein is the New York Times bestselling author of How to Invest, How to Lead, The American Experiment, and The American Story. He is cofounder and cochairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest and most successful private equity firms. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Gallery of Art, the Economic Club of Washington, and the University of Chicago. He is an original signer of The Giving Pledge and a recipient of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy and the MoMA’s David Rockefeller Award. The host of PBS’s History with David Rubenstein, Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein, and The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations on Bloomberg TV and PBS, he lives in the Washington, DC, area.

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