This book was absolutely fascinating. I learned so much that I don't even know where to begin! Thomas Jefferson (or TJ as I like to call him) was fiercely in love with his country. He fought tooth and nail for the things he believed in. He knew how to get things done by using both his political powe...
My presidential biography cycle continues with Meacham's study of Jackson's presidential years. A lot of people have been griping, particularly the first reviewer who comes up, that this book is not detailed enough and in some cases too detailed - a criticism I kind of scratch my head over upon com...
A remarkable achievement. Meacham takes a man who's life and writings seem apparently full of contradiction (at once an advocate of states rights and a violent opponent to the secessionist tendencies of the Federalist north for example) into something that hangs together and makes sense. The most ce...
This is the story primarily of Andrew Jackson's presidency - the things he battled and stood for. Meacham does include a brief history of Old Hickory, enough to link together some of the reasons why Jackson stood for what he did. Jackson faced a number of challenges during his 8 years in office - ...
Imagine John Facenda, the iconic voice of NFL Films, telling a story about a man who is complex, evil, loving, tenacious, brilliant, a mass of contradiction who heroically saves the union by in part protecting its greatest failure and sin, and you will have an understanding of American Lion: Andrew ...
”There are memorials to Roosevelt and Churchill just inside the West Door of Westminster Abbey. The first, a gray tablet that hangs far below a window depicting Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the twelve tribes of Israel, reads: TO THE HONORED MEMORY OF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, A FAITHFUL FRIEND OF FRE...
I loved this book. Really delves into the psyche of Thomas Jefferson, chipping to the core on the things that make him tick. Meacham spends a lot of time in Virginia laying the groundwork for Jefferson's character - how he loved control but hated conflict. And then he builds the bridge to the pre...
Meacham argues that while the Founders deliberately created a secular state they also created a "public religion". American public religion is a sort of generic religion without any creed or troublesome details. It reveres a creator God who is just but merciful and who guides events with a vaguely...
I appreciate the book. It points me in specific directions to do more research. And I appreciate the tone he takes. But I would have preferred that he either focus on the founding fathers, or do a broad look at how their religious views influenced all of the presidents. Instead he devotes about ...
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