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Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Meacham, who teaches at vanderbilt university and at the university of the south, is a fellow of the society of american historians. Jon meacham received the pulitzer prize for his 2008 biography of andrew jackson, american lion. The art of power by jon meacham book summary readtrepreneur disclaimer. Jon meacham writes this in the epilogue to thomas jefferson. The art of power this is probably the best singlevolume biography of jefferson ever written. The art of power audiobook published november th 2012 by random house audio unabridged, audiobook, 800 pages.
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