The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
2024; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 140; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1097/aln.0000000000004849
ISSN1528-1175
AutoresBrannon Altenhofen, Jane S. Moon,
Tópico(s)Medical History and Innovations
ResumoReviews of Educational Material| January 2024 The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man By Drehle David Von. New York, Simon & Schuster, 2023 (Hardcover). Pages: 194. ISBN-13: 978-1476773926, ISBN-10:1476773920. Price: US$26.00 Brannon Altenhofen, M.D.; Brannon Altenhofen, M.D. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Jane S. Moon, M.D. Jane S. Moon, M.D. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9444-2720 Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Author and Article Information Accepted for publication November 14, 2023. Anesthesiology Newly Published on January 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000004849 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Brannon Altenhofen, Jane S. Moon; The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man. Anesthesiology Newly Published on January 30, 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000004849 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsAnesthesiology Search Advanced Search Topics: biography, child, mothers, physicians, family, wars, world war ii After a journalist's four young children discovered that their dad was a writer, they began asking that he write a book for them—one that he could read aloud to them at night. After many failed attempts at writing a children's novel, David Von Drehle determined to write a book that would give his children the tools for success during uncertain times. By serendipity, his inspiration appeared on a hot summer morning in 2007, when he saw his new neighbor, a robust man wearing only swim trunks, washing his girlfriend's car. Charlie White was 102. This was the start of a 7-year friendship that culminated 7 years after Charlie's death in the publication of The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man. "It's not the book [my kids] asked for, but I believe it is a book they will need," Von Drehle writes. The... You do not currently have access to this content.
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