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.
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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.