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Lincoln, Life-Size
Written by Philip B. Kunhardt, III, Peter W. Kunhardt and Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr.
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $50.00
An essential collection of photographic portraits of Abraham Lincoln, in a striking format, from “the foremost family of Lincoln pictorial scholarship” (Harold Holzer).
This unique and beautiful book captures an overlooked but vital aspect of Lincoln: his face. While he was known as an ugly man, and he even joked about that... Read more >
Written by Philip B. Kunhardt, III, Peter W. Kunhardt and Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr.
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $50.00
An essential collection of photographic portraits of Abraham Lincoln, in a striking format, from “the foremost family of Lincoln pictorial scholarship” (Harold Holzer).
This unique and beautiful book captures an overlooked but vital aspect of Lincoln: his face. While he was known as an ugly man, and he even joked about that... Read more >
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Woodrow Wilson
A Biography
Written by John Milton Cooper, Jr.
Format: Hardcover, 720 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $35.00
The first major biography of America’s twenty-eighth president in nearly two decades, from one of America’s foremost Woodrow Wilson scholars.
A Democrat who reclaimed the White House after sixteen years of Republican administrations, Wilson was a transformative president—he helped create the regulatory bodies and legislation that prefigured FDR’s New Deal and would... Read more >
A Biography
Written by John Milton Cooper, Jr.
Format: Hardcover, 720 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $35.00
The first major biography of America’s twenty-eighth president in nearly two decades, from one of America’s foremost Woodrow Wilson scholars.
A Democrat who reclaimed the White House after sixteen years of Republican administrations, Wilson was a transformative president—he helped create the regulatory bodies and legislation that prefigured FDR’s New Deal and would... Read more >
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Woodrow Wilson
Written by John Milton Cooper, Jr.
Format: eBook, 720 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $35.00
The first major biography of America’s twenty-eighth president in nearly two decades, from one of America’s foremost Woodrow Wilson scholars.
A Democrat who reclaimed the White House after sixteen years of Republican administrations, Wilson was a transformative president—he helped create the regulatory bodies and legislation that prefigured FDR’s New Deal and would... Read more >
Written by John Milton Cooper, Jr.
Format: eBook, 720 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $35.00
The first major biography of America’s twenty-eighth president in nearly two decades, from one of America’s foremost Woodrow Wilson scholars.
A Democrat who reclaimed the White House after sixteen years of Republican administrations, Wilson was a transformative president—he helped create the regulatory bodies and legislation that prefigured FDR’s New Deal and would... Read more >
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Lion of Jordan
The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace
Written by Avi Shlaim
Format: Trade Paperback, 768 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $19.00
The first major account of the life of an extraordinary soldier and statesman, King Hussein of Jordan.
Throughout his long reign (1953—1999), Hussein remained a dominant figure in Middle Eastern politics and a consistent proponent of peace with Israel. For over forty years he walked a tightrope between Palestinians and Arab radicals... Read more >
The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace
Written by Avi Shlaim
Format: Trade Paperback, 768 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $19.00
The first major account of the life of an extraordinary soldier and statesman, King Hussein of Jordan.
Throughout his long reign (1953—1999), Hussein remained a dominant figure in Middle Eastern politics and a consistent proponent of peace with Israel. For over forty years he walked a tightrope between Palestinians and Arab radicals... Read more >
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Traitor to His Class
The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Written by H.W. Brands
Format: Trade Paperback, 912 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $19.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A Washington Post Notable Book
A brilliant evocation of the qualities that made FDR one of the most beloved and greatest of American presidents.
Drawing on archival material, public speeches, correspondence and accounts by those closest to Roosevelt early in his career and during his presidency, H. W. Brands shows how... Read more >
The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Written by H.W. Brands
Format: Trade Paperback, 912 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $19.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A Washington Post Notable Book
A brilliant evocation of the qualities that made FDR one of the most beloved and greatest of American presidents.
Drawing on archival material, public speeches, correspondence and accounts by those closest to Roosevelt early in his career and during his presidency, H. W. Brands shows how... Read more >
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Reagan's Secret War
The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster
Written by Martin Anderson and Annelise Anderson
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $32.50
On February 6, 1981, at his first National Security Council meeting, Ronald Reagan told his advisers: “I will make the decisions.” As Reagan’s Secret War reveals, these words provide the touchstone for understanding the extraordinary accomplishments of the Reagan administration, including the decisive events that led to the end of the... Read more >
The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster
Written by Martin Anderson and Annelise Anderson
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $32.50
On February 6, 1981, at his first National Security Council meeting, Ronald Reagan told his advisers: “I will make the decisions.” As Reagan’s Secret War reveals, these words provide the touchstone for understanding the extraordinary accomplishments of the Reagan administration, including the decisive events that led to the end of the... Read more >
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Reagan's Secret War
The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster
Written by Martin Anderson and Annelise Anderson
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $32.50
On February 6, 1981, at his first National Security Council meeting, Ronald Reagan told his advisers: “I will make the decisions.” As Reagan’s Secret War reveals, these words provide the touchstone for understanding the extraordinary accomplishments of the Reagan administration, including the decisive events that led to the end of the... Read more >
The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster
Written by Martin Anderson and Annelise Anderson
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $32.50
On February 6, 1981, at his first National Security Council meeting, Ronald Reagan told his advisers: “I will make the decisions.” As Reagan’s Secret War reveals, these words provide the touchstone for understanding the extraordinary accomplishments of the Reagan administration, including the decisive events that led to the end of the... Read more >
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Reagan's Secret War
The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster
Written by Martin Anderson and Annelise Anderson
Read by Mark Deakins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $22.50
On February 6, 1981, at his first National Security Council meeting, Ronald Reagan told his advisers: “I will make the decisions.” As Reagan’s Secret War reveals, these words provide the touchstone for understanding the extraordinary accomplishments of the Reagan administration, including the decisive events that led to the end of the... Read more >
The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster
Written by Martin Anderson and Annelise Anderson
Read by Mark Deakins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $22.50
On February 6, 1981, at his first National Security Council meeting, Ronald Reagan told his advisers: “I will make the decisions.” As Reagan’s Secret War reveals, these words provide the touchstone for understanding the extraordinary accomplishments of the Reagan administration, including the decisive events that led to the end of the... Read more >
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Franklin and Lucy
Mrs. Rutherfurd and the Other Remarkable Women in Roosevelt's Life
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $18.00
In Franklin and Lucy, acclaimed author and historian Joseph E. Persico explores FDR’s romance with Lucy Rutherfurd. Persico’s provocative conclusions about their relationship are informed by a revealing range of sources, including never-before-published letters and documents from Lucy Rutherfurd’s estate that attest to the intensity of the affair, which lasted much... Read more >
Mrs. Rutherfurd and the Other Remarkable Women in Roosevelt's Life
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $18.00
In Franklin and Lucy, acclaimed author and historian Joseph E. Persico explores FDR’s romance with Lucy Rutherfurd. Persico’s provocative conclusions about their relationship are informed by a revealing range of sources, including never-before-published letters and documents from Lucy Rutherfurd’s estate that attest to the intensity of the affair, which lasted much... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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American Lion
Andrew Jackson in the White House
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2009
Price: $18.00
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power... Read more >
Andrew Jackson in the White House
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2009
Price: $18.00
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Soldier & President
Written by Geoffrey Perret
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2009
Price: $27.00
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Soldier & President
Written by Geoffrey Perret
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2009
Price: $27.00
Read more >
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Dear First Lady
Letters to the White House
Edited by Dwight Young and Margaret Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $14.95
Following on the success of their collaboration Dear Mr. President, Dwight Young and Margaret Johnson joined forces again to produce this charming collection of correspondence to and from First Ladies during their time in the White House. A wonderful gift book for any American, Dear First Lady reminds us that ours... Read more >
Letters to the White House
Edited by Dwight Young and Margaret Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $14.95
Following on the success of their collaboration Dear Mr. President, Dwight Young and Margaret Johnson joined forces again to produce this charming collection of correspondence to and from First Ladies during their time in the White House. A wonderful gift book for any American, Dear First Lady reminds us that ours... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Polk
The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
Written by Walter R. Borneman
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $17.00
In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment. James K. Polk occupied the White House for only four years, from 1845 to 1849, but he plotted and attained a formidable agenda: He fought for... Read more >
The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
Written by Walter R. Borneman
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $17.00
In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment. James K. Polk occupied the White House for only four years, from 1845 to 1849, but he plotted and attained a formidable agenda: He fought for... Read more >
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eBook.
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Polk
The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
Written by Walter R. Borneman
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $17.00
In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment. James K. Polk occupied the White House for only four years, from 1845 to 1849, but he plotted and attained a formidable agenda: He fought for... Read more >
The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
Written by Walter R. Borneman
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $17.00
In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment. James K. Polk occupied the White House for only four years, from 1845 to 1849, but he plotted and attained a formidable agenda: He fought for... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Raisin Wine
A Boyhood in a Different Muskoka
Written by James K. Bartleman
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $14.95
A warm, at times hilarious, yet dark childhood memoir from a bestselling author.
This memoir recalls the boyhood years of Ontario’s future lieutenant-governor, living in a dilapidated old house complete with outdoor toilet and coal oil-lamp lighting. Behind the outrageous stories, larger-than life-characters, and descriptions of the mores of a small village... Read more >
A Boyhood in a Different Muskoka
Written by James K. Bartleman
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $14.95
A warm, at times hilarious, yet dark childhood memoir from a bestselling author.
This memoir recalls the boyhood years of Ontario’s future lieutenant-governor, living in a dilapidated old house complete with outdoor toilet and coal oil-lamp lighting. Behind the outrageous stories, larger-than life-characters, and descriptions of the mores of a small village... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Edith Kermit Roosevelt
Portrait of a First Lady
Written by Sylvia Morris
Format: eBook, 608 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $19.95
Edith Kermit Carow grew up in New York City in the same circles as did Theodore Roosevelt. But only after TR's first wife died at age twenty-two did the childhood friends forge one of the most successful romantic and political partnerships in American history. Sylvia Jukes Morris's access to previously unpublished... Read more >
Portrait of a First Lady
Written by Sylvia Morris
Format: eBook, 608 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $19.95
Edith Kermit Carow grew up in New York City in the same circles as did Theodore Roosevelt. But only after TR's first wife died at age twenty-two did the childhood friends forge one of the most successful romantic and political partnerships in American history. Sylvia Jukes Morris's access to previously unpublished... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Twilight at Monticello
The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson
Written by Alan Pell Crawford
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $15.00
Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson, and with good reason: He was the architect of our democracy, a visionary chief executive who expanded this nation’s physical boundaries to unimagined lengths. But Twilight at Monticello is entirely new: an unprecedented look at the intimate Jefferson in his final years–from his return... Read more >
The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson
Written by Alan Pell Crawford
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $15.00
Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson, and with good reason: He was the architect of our democracy, a visionary chief executive who expanded this nation’s physical boundaries to unimagined lengths. But Twilight at Monticello is entirely new: an unprecedented look at the intimate Jefferson in his final years–from his return... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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A. Lincoln
A Biography
Written by Ronald C. White, Jr.
Format: Hardcover, 816 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $35.00
Everyone wants to define the man who signed his name “A. Lincoln.” In his lifetime and ever since, friend and foe have taken it upon themselves to characterize Lincoln according to their own label or libel. In this magnificent book, Ronald C. White, Jr., offers a fresh and compelling definition of... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Ronald C. White, Jr.
Format: Hardcover, 816 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $35.00
Everyone wants to define the man who signed his name “A. Lincoln.” In his lifetime and ever since, friend and foe have taken it upon themselves to characterize Lincoln according to their own label or libel. In this magnificent book, Ronald C. White, Jr., offers a fresh and compelling definition of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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A. Lincoln
A Biography
Written by Ronald C. White, Jr.
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $35.00
Everyone wants to define the man who signed his name “A. Lincoln.” In his lifetime and ever since, friend and foe have taken it upon themselves to characterize Lincoln according to their own label or libel. In this magnificent book, Ronald C. White, Jr., offers a fresh and compelling definition of... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Ronald C. White, Jr.
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $35.00
Everyone wants to define the man who signed his name “A. Lincoln.” In his lifetime and ever since, friend and foe have taken it upon themselves to characterize Lincoln according to their own label or libel. In this magnificent book, Ronald C. White, Jr., offers a fresh and compelling definition of... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Abraham Lincoln's Extraordinary Era
The Man and His Times
Written by Karen Kostyal
Foreword by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $35.00
This handsomely illustrated volume commemorates Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday and gives rare insight into the President who shook the world—and whose words and example endure today in nations from Siberia to Mexico to Pakistan. This is the official book of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) in Springfield, Illinois... Read more >
The Man and His Times
Written by Karen Kostyal
Foreword by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $35.00
This handsomely illustrated volume commemorates Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday and gives rare insight into the President who shook the world—and whose words and example endure today in nations from Siberia to Mexico to Pakistan. This is the official book of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) in Springfield, Illinois... Read more >
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President Lincoln
The Duty of a Statesman
Written by William Lee Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $16.95
In his acclaimed book Lincoln's Virtues, William Lee Miller explored Abraham Lincoln's intellectual and moral development. Now he completes his "ethical biography," showing how the amiable and inexperienced backcountry politician was transformed by constitutional alchemy into an oath-bound head of state. Faced with a radical moral contradiction left by the nation's... Read more >
The Duty of a Statesman
Written by William Lee Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $16.95
In his acclaimed book Lincoln's Virtues, William Lee Miller explored Abraham Lincoln's intellectual and moral development. Now he completes his "ethical biography," showing how the amiable and inexperienced backcountry politician was transformed by constitutional alchemy into an oath-bound head of state. Faced with a radical moral contradiction left by the nation's... Read more >
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Twilight at Monticello
The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson
Written by Alan Pell Crawford
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $15.00
Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson, with good reason: His life was a great American drama–one of the greatest–played out in compelling acts. He was the architect of our democracy, a visionary chief executive who expanded this nation’s physical boundaries to unimagined lengths. But Twilight at Monticello is something entirely... Read more >
The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson
Written by Alan Pell Crawford
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $15.00
Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson, with good reason: His life was a great American drama–one of the greatest–played out in compelling acts. He was the architect of our democracy, a visionary chief executive who expanded this nation’s physical boundaries to unimagined lengths. But Twilight at Monticello is something entirely... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Looking for Lincoln
The Making of an American Icon
Written by Philip B. Kunhardt, III, Peter W. Kunhardt and Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr.
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2008
Price: $50.00
In honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, an extensively researched, lavishly illustrated consideration of the myths, memories, and questions that gathered around our most beloved—and our most enigmatic—president in the years between his assassination and the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922. A sequel to the enormously successful... Read more >
The Making of an American Icon
Written by Philip B. Kunhardt, III, Peter W. Kunhardt and Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr.
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2008
Price: $50.00
In honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, an extensively researched, lavishly illustrated consideration of the myths, memories, and questions that gathered around our most beloved—and our most enigmatic—president in the years between his assassination and the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922. A sequel to the enormously successful... Read more >
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American Lion
Andrew Jackson in the White House
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $35.00
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power... Read more >
Andrew Jackson in the White House
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $35.00
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
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American Lion
Andrew Jackson in the White House
Written by Jon Meacham
Read by John H. Mayer
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $39.95
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power... Read more >
Andrew Jackson in the White House
Written by Jon Meacham
Read by John H. Mayer
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $39.95
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
