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Makers of the American century : a narrative in twenty-six lives / Martin Walker.

By: Walker, Martin, 1947-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Chatto & Windus, 2000Description: xv, 393 p. : ill. ; 25 cm + hbk.ISBN: 0701167998.Subject(s): United States -- History -- 20th century -- Biography | United States -- Civilization -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 920.073
Contents:
Teddy Roosevelt and the American Ambition -- Emma Goldman and the American Dissident -- "Black Jack" Pershing and the American Army -- Henry Ford and the American System -- Woodrow Wilson and American Idealism -- Babe Ruth and American Sports -- William Boeing and the American Airplane -- Duke Ellington and the American Sound -- Winston Churchill and the American Diaspora -- Frank Lloyd Wright and the American Space -- Lucky Luciano and the American Criminal -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the American Solution -- Katharine Hepburn and the American Star -- Walter Reuther and the American Worker -- John Steinbeck and the American Voice -- Albert Einstein and the American Refuge -- George Marshall and American Power -- William F. Buckley, Jr. and American Conservatism -- Richard Bissell and the American Spy -- Billy Graham and American Religion -- Walt Disney and American Entertainment -- Richard Nixon and the American Retreat -- Martin Luther King, Jr. and American Sainthood -- Betty Friedan and the American Woman -- Alan Greenspan and the American Banker -- Bill Clinton and the New America.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Teddy Roosevelt and the American Ambition -- Emma Goldman and the American Dissident -- "Black Jack" Pershing and the American Army -- Henry Ford and the American System -- Woodrow Wilson and American Idealism -- Babe Ruth and American Sports -- William Boeing and the American Airplane -- Duke Ellington and the American Sound -- Winston Churchill and the American Diaspora -- Frank Lloyd Wright and the American Space -- Lucky Luciano and the American Criminal -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the American Solution -- Katharine Hepburn and the American Star -- Walter Reuther and the American Worker -- John Steinbeck and the American Voice -- Albert Einstein and the American Refuge -- George Marshall and American Power -- William F. Buckley, Jr. and American Conservatism -- Richard Bissell and the American Spy -- Billy Graham and American Religion -- Walt Disney and American Entertainment -- Richard Nixon and the American Retreat -- Martin Luther King, Jr. and American Sainthood -- Betty Friedan and the American Woman -- Alan Greenspan and the American Banker -- Bill Clinton and the New America.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Martin Walker is a senior fellow of the Global Business Policy Council, a private think tank for CEOs of major corporations, based in Washington, D.C.

Walker is also editor in chief emeritus and international affairs columnist at United Press International and the author of the Bruno series.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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