Each ticket ($35+fees) includes a seat at the author&rsquo\;s talk\, a copy of \;American Struggle\, and a donation to the Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation.&nbs p\;
\nAbout the author:
\nJo n Meacham \;is a Pulitzer Prize&ndash\;winning biographer. Th e author of the \;New York Times \;bestsellers \; Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power\, American Lion: Andrew Jackso n in the White House\, Franklin and Winston\, \;Dest iny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush\,&n bsp\;and \;The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels\, \;he is a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt Univers ity\, a contributing writer for \;The New York Times Book Review\, \;and a fellow of the Society of American Historians. Meacham li ves in Nashville and in Sewanee with his wife and children.
\n\nIn \;American Struggle\, \;Jon Meacha m illuminates the nation&rsquo\;s complicated past. This rich and diverse collection covers a wide spectrum of history\, from 1619 to the twenty-fir st century\, with primary-source documents that take us back to critical m oments in which Americans fought over the meaning and the direction of the national experiment. From the founders to Lincoln to Obama\, from Andrew Jackson to Theodore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan\, from Seneca Falls to the March on Washington\, this chorus&mdash\;sometimes discordant and always f ascinating&mdash\;tells the story of the country and of its people. As cla shes over liberty and slavery\, inclusion and exclusion\, play out\, these voices\, brilliantly framed by Meacham&rsquo\;s singular commentary\, rem ind us that contentious citizenship and fair-minded observations are essen tial to bringing about the more perfect union envisioned in the Preamble t o the Constitution\, which Frederick Douglass called a &ldquo\;glorious li berty document.&rdquo\;
\nConflict is nothing new in our democracy\; rather\, as Meacham and these texts show\, tensions are inherent\, stubbo rn\, and perennial. And \;American Struggle \;teaches us anew that to know what has come before\, to watch as long-running disputes rise and fall\, is to be armed against despair.
\nAdditional books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac&r squo\;s Backs &ndash\; Books on Coventry.
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