Eighty has been the new sixty for about tw enty years now. In fact\, there have always been late-in-life achievers\, those who declined to go into decline just because they were eligible for social security. Journalist\, humorist\, and history buff Mo Rocca and&nbs p\;coauthor Jonathan Greenberg introduce us to the people past and present who peaked when they could have been puttering&mdash\;breaking out as wri ters\, selling out concert halls\, attempting to set land-speed records&md ash\;and in the case of one 90 year old tortoise\, becoming a first-time f ather.
\nThe amazing cast of characters includes the original EGOT\, Rita Moreno\; Mary Church Terrell\, who at eighty-six helped lead sit-ins at segregated DC lunch counters\; and John Goodenough\, who won a Nobel P rize at ninety-seven for inventing the lithium-ion battery.
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