# The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians - Hardcover

by **David M. Rubenstein** (Author), **Carla Hayden** (Foreword by)

**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.

### Author Biography

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.

**Number of Pages:** 416

**Dimensions:** 1.4 x 9.4 x 6.5 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** October 29, 2019

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