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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.

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The American Experiment Audiobook Narrator

David M. Rubenstein is the narrator of The American Experiment audiobook that was written by David M. Rubenstein

David M. Rubenstein is the New York Times bestselling author of 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, and the National Gallery of Art. 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 Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein on Bloomberg TV and The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations on Bloomberg TV and PBS, he lives in the Washington, DC, area. 

About the Author(s) of The American Experiment

David M. Rubenstein is the author of The American Experiment

The American Experiment Full Details

Narrator David M. Rubenstein
Length 15 hours 3 minutes
Author David M. Rubenstein
Category
Publisher Simon & Schuster Audio
Release date April 25, 2024
ISBN 9781797130231

Subjects

The publisher of the The American Experiment is Simon & Schuster Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is General, History, United States

Additional info

The publisher of the The American Experiment is Simon & Schuster Audio. The imprint is Simon & Schuster Audio. It is supplied by Simon & Schuster Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781797130231.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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