Walter Isaacson's New Book "American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and the Heroes of a Hurricane"

By Fred Kasten

New Orleans – Writer Walter Isaacson is a New Orleans native whose career has included a lengthy and prominent tenure at Time Magazine - and acclaimed biographies of Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. Walter Isaacson's latest book is "American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and the Heroes of a Hurricane." Walter Isaacson recently sat down with WWNO's Fred Kasten to talk about "American Sketches" - and his own path into a writing life...

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