The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9781638087823)

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 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.

Author: David Von Drehle
ISBN-10: 1638087822
ISBN-13: 9781638087823
Publisher: Center Point
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2023
Pages: 500
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 0.90d
Large Print