I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book. David Rubenstein, who has enjoyed a remarkable career, interviewed leading historians. For the most part, these historians discussed the subjects of their biographies. While one can read this book, I think listening to the interviews (Audible) is the most pleasurable way.

Normally, when I recommend a book, I am indifferent whether one listens or reads the book. In this case, I strongly encourage you to listen by ordering the book from Audible.

David Mark Rubenstein (born August 11, 1949) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group,[3] a global private equity investment company based in Washington, D.C. He also currently serves as Chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Chairman of the Smithsonian Institution, Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, and President of The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.

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

— Cokie Roberts on Martha Washington, Dolly Adams
— Walter Isaacson on Benjamin Franklin
— Doris Kearns Goodwin on Abraham Lincoln
— A. Scott Berg on Charles Lindbergh
— Taylor Branch on Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement
— 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. 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.