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One of our nation’s most prominent writers discovers the truth about how to live a long and happy life from the centenarian next door in this “original and highly readable account of a splendid American life” (The Wall Street Journal).
When a veteran Washington journalist moved to Kansas, he met a new neighbor who was more than a century old. Little did he know that he was beginning a long friendship—and a profound lesson in the meaning of life. Charlie White was no ordinary neighbor. Born before radio, Charlie lived long enough to use a smartphone. When a shocking tragedy interrupted his idyllic boyhood, Charlie mastered survival strategies that reflect thousands of years of human wisdom. Thus armored, Charlie’s sense of adventure carried him on an epic journey of the Jazz Age, racing aboard ambulances through Depression-era gangster wars, improvising techniques for early open-heart surgery, and cruising the Amazon as a guest of Peru’s president.
David Von Drehle came to understand that Charlie’s resilience and willingness to grow made this remarkable neighbor a master in the art of thriving through times of dramatic change. As a gift to his children, he set out to tell Charlie’s secrets. The Book of Charlie is a “genuinely original, formula-shattering” (Bob Woodward) gospel of grit—the inspiring story of one man’s journey through a century of upheaval. The history that unfolds through Charlie’s story reminds you that the United States has always been a divided nation, a questing nation—a nation of Charlies in the rollercoaster pursuit of a good and meaningful life.
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“In every era, an author writes a genuinely original, formula-shattering book. David Von Drehle has done this in The Book of Charlie, a serious history of the last 100 years…told through the personal story of one man.”
— Bob Woodward, #1 New York Times bestselling author
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“An original and highly readable account of a splendid American life.”
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“A splendidly woven, inspirational memoir that explores the meaning of life and the resilience of the human spirit…An absorbing account of the inventiveness of US citizens.”
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“Von Drehle’s detailed rendering of White’s life—especially his front-seat view of groundbreaking medical developments—is fascinating, and the men’s friendship affecting. This has a lot to offer.”
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“I gotta recommend this book, filled with history, wisdom, common sense, and laughs galore.”
— Tom Hanks, award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author -
“No one writes as well about as many things as David Von Drehle, and his excellence is fully displayed in this slender examination of a well-lived life.”
— George F. Will, syndicated columnist
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A New York Times bestseller
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About David Von Drehle
David Von Drehle is the author of a number of books, including the New York Times bestseller The Book of Charlie and the multiaward-winning Triangle: The Fire That Changed America. Winner of multiple journalism awards, he is an editor and columnist for the Washington Post, where he writes about national affairs and politics from a home base in the Midwest. He joined the Washington Post in 2017 after a decade at Time, where he wrote more than sixty cover stories as editor-at-large.