Description
In this captivating double life, Adam Gopnik searches for the men behind the icons of emancipation and evolution. Born by cosmic coincidence on the same day in 1809 and separated by an ocean, Lincoln and Darwin coauthored our sense of history and our understanding of man's place in the world. Here Gopnik reveals these two men as they really were: family men and social climbers, ambitious manipulators and courageous adventurers, grieving parents and brilliant scholars. Above all we see them as thinkers and writers, making and witnessing the great changes in thought that mark truly modern times.
Author: Adam Gopnik
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/09/2010
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780307455307
ISBN10: 0307455300
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State
- Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
Author: Adam Gopnik
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/09/2010
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780307455307
ISBN10: 0307455300
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State
- Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
About the Author
Author of the beloved best seller Paris to the Moon, Adam Gopnik has been writing for The New Yorker since 1986. He is a three-time winner of the National Magazine Award for Essays and for Reviews and Criticism and of the George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting. He lives in New York City with his wife and their two children.