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In THE BOOK OF CHARLIE, David Von Drehle shares stories and wisdom of his 109-year-old neighbor. Dr. Charles White’s life spans from 1905 until 2014. As a young teenager he was always ready for an adventure: he and his friends ‘borrowed’ a car to drive out to California, lived as hobos hopping trains, learned to play sax while listening to the newfangled radio, and then joined a band to help pay for the medical school he had talked his way into when doctoring was mostly trial and error, only to become a pioneer in the art of anesthesiology. He lived, thrived and died in Kansas City, KS.
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s is a fascinating life full of life, love with some heartache along the way.
In his own words: “I’ve seen a lot, and I’ve been through a lot, but whatever happens you have to keep your head up. A positive attitude in life means everything.”
AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY:
A Personal History of the 1960s
by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most beloved historians, artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history.
She takes you along on the emotional journey she and her husband, Richard (Dick) Goodwin embarked upon in the last years of his life. (NYTimes) In unpacking over 300 boxes of Dick’s archival material, they opened the time capsule which shaped their lives, and that of all the American people, and fell in love again with each other and the promise of the American dream.