American Lion
By Jon Meacham
Andrew Jackson created the modern American presidency as we know it today. A backwoods orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power, Jackson ushered in a new era in which the people, not distant elites, were the guiding force in American politics. Jon Meacham has delivered the definitive human portrait of a pivotal president who forever changed the American presidency.
Paperback, 484 pages
