The book of Charlie : wisdom from the remarkable American life of a 109-year-old man
Von Drehle, David, 1961-2024
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When a veteran Washington journalist moved to Kansas, he met a new neighbour 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 neighbour. 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 armoured, Charlie's sense of adventure carried him on an epic journey across the continent, and later found him swinging across bandstands 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. This book tells Charlie's secrets.
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Author:
Von Drehle, David, 1961-, author
Imprint:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024.
Collation:
208 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2023.
ISBN:
9781476773933 (pbk)
Dewey class:
973.9092
Language:
English
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BRN:
3791766