01807cam a2200301 i 4500 892724663 TxAuBib 20230718120000.0 230515s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781476773926 hardcover $26.00 1476773920 hardcover $26.00 (OCoLC)1379067530 TxAuBib rda Von Drehle, David, 1961-, author. The book of Charlie : wisdom from the remarkable American life of a 109-year-old man / David Von Drehle. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023. ©2023. 194 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier A veteran Washington journalist recounts his long friendship with Charlie White, the centenarian next door who, sharing his good and meaningful life, mastered survival strategies that reflect thousands of years of human wisdom as his sense of adventure guided him through a century of upheaval. When Von Drehle moved to the Midwest, his neighbor was Charlie White-- who was already a century old. In coming to know his neighbor, Von Drehle came to understand Charlie was a master in the art of thriving through times of dramatic change. Here he sets out to tell Charlie's secrets. The history that unfolds through Charlie's eyes reminds readers that the United States has always been a divided nation, a question nation, an inventive nation-- a nation of Charlies in the roller-coaster pursuit of a good and meaningful life. -- adapted from jacket. 20230718. Conduct of life. Biographies.