American Lion

American Lion

By
Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham
2008 • 546 pages

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104 books

Pulitzer Prize-winning Biography

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The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
The new Negro
Prairie fires
The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
The Pope and Mussolini
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

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5 books

Presidents

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Stephen Waller
Lincoln
James Madison : A Life Reconsidered
The last founding father
John Quincy Adams
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19 books

Presidents

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Wilson
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
Truman
Theodore Rex
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
The Path to Power
John Adams

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44 books

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The Big Rich
Monster
Savages
Why Buddhism is True
Paris, 1919
Mystic River
Force of Nature

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124 books

Owned

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The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War
Rules Of Prey
Green Mars
The Silent Patient
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Along Came a Spider
Tripwire

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11 books

Presidential Bios

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Washington: A Life
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson the art of power
James Madison : A Life Reconsidered
The last founding father
American Lion
Martin Van Buren and the Romantic Age of American Politics

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417 books

Biography Or Memoir

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Grant
American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Point of It All: A Lifetime of Great Loves and Endeavors
Educated: A Memoir
The Hiding Place

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70 books

History

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11/22/63
Thirteen, the Apollo flight that failed
The American Spirit
The Devil in the White City
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Assassination Vacation
Team of Rivals

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183 books

Nonfiction

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Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1: 1970s-1981
Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure
Reality Is Broken
The Elusive Shift

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44 books

History

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The Name of the Rose
The Elusive Shift
What the Dormouse Said
The Marketplace of Revolution
Weaving the Web

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60 books

Us History

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Southern Storm
The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War
Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
American Sphinx
The Secret Life of Houdini
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32 books

Biography

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Matt Woolery
Let Love Rule
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
Rutherford B. Hayes
The Man Who Walked Around the World: A True Story

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5 books

History

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The First Conspiracy
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Return of George Washington
The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War
American Lion

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511 books

Non Fiction

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Eugene Wilder
Where Men Win Glory
Eiger Dreams
Eating Animals
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
The Way We Eat
The Rest Is Noise

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22 books

President Bios

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Washington: A Life
John Adams
American Sphinx
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison: A Biography
Truman

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46 books

On Deck

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Rebel Dawn
The Half-Made World
American Lion
Dragons of a Fallen Sun
Dragon Champion
Secret of the Dragon
Fatal Alliance

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78 books

History

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Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
Command and Control
The Path to Power
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
George F. Kennan
Means of Ascent

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25 books

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American Lion
It Can't Happen Here
The Handmaid's Tale
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
The Underground Railroad
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Sympathizer

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17 books

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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Thomas Jefferson the art of power
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