thomas jefferson the art of power review

Meacham is also the author of two other New York Times bestsellers - American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation and Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship, about the wartime relationship between Roosevelt and Churchill. On April 20, 2009, American Lion was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. His book, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, was published by Random House on Novemand debuted at #2 on The New York Times bestseller list. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, is to be published by Random House on November 13, 2012. He is a former co-anchor of the public-affairs broadcast “Need to Know on PBS” and former editor of Newsweek. Meacham is an executive editor at Random House. I hope that this book may do for Jefferson what David Mccullough did for John Adams and reacquaint a new generation in America with Jefferson.” “Resources at the Jefferson Library have contributed to more than 350 publications and we were pleased to welcome Jon Meacham to the Jefferson Library to conduct research on his latest book. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. “Scholarship like Meacham’s is important to enhancing our understanding of our nation’s founding and to share information on the life, times and legacy of Thomas Jefferson with a wide audience,” said Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy, Director of the Robert H. He returns to launch Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power at the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center during a ticketed event: An Evening Conversation with Jon Meacham, author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, 4 p.m., Sunday, November 11. Smith International Center of Jefferson Studies at Monticello. Meacham conducted research for his book at Monticello and the Jefferson Library at the Robert H. Meacham’s powerful narrative guides readers through the life and extraordinary times of a man often admired but, before now, never truly understood in all his complexity. Readers will see the Founding Father who wrote the Declaration of Independence, steered the states to nationhood, and as a master politician and President, doubled the size of the country through the Louisiana Purchase.

In Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, Meacham brings to life the complete man, from birth to his last days-through the Revolutionary War and his years as President.

Maria Braeckel, Publicity Manager, Random House / Spiegel & Grau / The Dial Press: (212) 572-2721ĬHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.-Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham launches his newest book Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power from Monticello, November 11, 2012.

Thomas jefferson the art of power review