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Meacham received the pulitzer prize for his 2008 biography of andrew jackson, and has also written about franklin roosevelt and winston churchill as well as the civil rights movement and the influence of religion in american. Jon meacham is the author, most recently, of thomas jefferson. The art of power is a very thorough account of the life of americas third president. The art of power by pulitzer prizewinning author jon meacham, young readers will learn about the life and political philosophy of one of our founding fathers. Jon meacham resolves the bundle of contradictions that was thomas jefferson by probing his love of progress and thirst for power. Meacham received the pulitzer prize for his 2008 biography of andrew jackson, and has also written about franklin roosevelt and winston churchill as well as the civil rights movement and the influence of religion. In this adaptation for young readers of his thomas jefferson. This book contains a note from meacham and over 100 archival illustrations, as well as sections throughout the text about subjects such as the boston tea party. The art of power, american gospel, and franklin and winston. Jon meacham lets us see jeffersons world as jefferson himself saw it, and to. Stacy schiff this terrific book allows us to see the political genius of thomas jefferson better than we have ever seen it before. Sep 04, 2014 thomas jefferson was the third president of the united states.
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Its a neat almost too neat way of dividing the book into easily digestible sections. Meacham has succeeded, giving us a rich presentation of our third presidents life and times. Jon meacham received the pulitzer prize for his 2008 biography of andrew jackson, american lion. Meacham, who teaches at vanderbilt university and at the university of the south, is a fellow of the society of. But he was also a lawyer and an ambassador, an inventor and a scientist. The art of power by pulitzer prizewinning author jon meacham.