American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane

From bestselling writer Isaacson comes a selective collection of great leaders, creative thinkers, and heroes of a hurricane that illustrates his passage from school to journalist to illustrious biographer.

Walter Isaacson, a professor of history at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of
Time. He is the author of
Leonardo da Vinci;
The Innovators;
Steve Jobs;
Einstein: His Life and Universe;
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life;
and Kissinger: A Biography,
and the coauthor of
The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.