American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
by Jon Meacham
🏆 Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography
A definitive biography of the polarising seventh president of the United States who rose to power as a military commander and vastly expanded the power of the White House. Biographer Jon Meacham explores family papers to expose the human drama behind the political storms that marked Jackson’s presidency.
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