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What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 4766940 1 4831755 17 3 2009 How Lincoln Learned to Read: Twelve Great Americans and the Educations That Made Them total:30|5:3|4:13|3:9|2:3|1:2| 30 102 118 13 298659 3.88 73 24 74948888 2613520 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 4 0 false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 15:04:40 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 15:19:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61680816 558587 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 4 0 false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 16:28:19 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 08:07:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 79216199 333860 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 3 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 28 12:46:03 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 13:24:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 53219769 112386 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 2 0 false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 08:13:49 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 19:15:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 66204654 2569889 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 2 0 false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 15:27:30 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 10:55:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 64521957 228465 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 5 0 false Wed Jul 22 09:31:47 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 09:32:44 -0700 2009 77145647 749438 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 3 0 false Sun Nov 08 17:29:02 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 17:31:38 -0800 2009 52475504 775179 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 3 0 false Mon Apr 13 05:01:27 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 05:02:01 -0700 2009 49243751 1546655 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 0 0 false Sat Mar 14 10:01:34 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 10:01:53 -0700 2009 69214726 1350169 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 1 0 false Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Aug 28 08:50:11 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 07:56:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 72983142 2281833 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 4 0 false Wed Sep 30 06:12:46 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 21 05:34:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 60275459 1524767 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 1 0 false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 04:54:10 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 06:20:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 55001715 901635 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 4 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 06:19:19 -0700 2009 Tue Dec 08 15:03:01 -0800 2009 81575408 394128 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 0 0 false Sun Dec 20 11:47:29 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 20 11:47:45 -0800 2009 81009335 827244 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 0 0 false Mon Dec 14 15:14:57 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 15:14:57 -0800 2009 80973740 2566164 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 0 0 false Mon Dec 14 10:12:01 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 10:12:01 -0800 2009 80653547 1549953 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 0 0 false Fri Dec 11 08:05:04 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 08:05:04 -0800 2009 80628603 398127 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 0 0 false Fri Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 22:30:57 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 22:31:16 -0800 2009 80469084 1163992 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 0 0 false Wed Dec 09 17:15:15 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 17:15:15 -0800 2009 80274072 1016967 4766940 1596912901 9781596912908 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957m/4766940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079957s/4766940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4766940.How_Lincoln_Learned_to_Read_Twelve_Great_Americans_and_the_Educations_That_Made_Them 3.40 30 An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley.

What makes great Americans great? How did Abraham Lincoln—or Henry Ford, or Rachel Carson—learn the things that equipped them to change our world? I n How Lincoln Learned to Read, Daniel Wolff reveals some undiscovered causes of events in our nation’s history by looking at the education (both in and out of the classroom) of twelve influential Americans, from Abigail Adams to Sojourner T ruth to Elvis Presley. Relying mostly on primary sources, Wolff lets his famous subjects speak for themselves, creating intimate, interlocking stories that together track the nation’s changing notion of what a “good education” means.

As Wolff shows us, the skills that proved indispensable to these individuals’ successes—from the rhetorical elegance that Ben Franklin learned as a printer’s apprentice to the winning iconoclasm that John Kennedy developed as a prep-school rebel—changed radically over time. I n the end, those changes amount to a history of American ideas—and a call for us all to consider how we learn what we need to know.</DIV></DIV>]]> 2009 0 0 false Tue Dec 08 04:35:55 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 04:35:55 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4766940