Jon Meacham

Jon Meacham received the Pulitzer Prize for "American Lion, " his bestselling 2008 biography of Andrew Jackson. He is also the author of the "New York Times" bestsellers "Franklin and Winston" and "American Gospel." Executive editor and executive vice president of Random House, Meacham is a contributing editor to" Time" magazine, a former editor of "Newsweek, " and has written for "The New York Times "and" The Washington Post, "among other publications. He is a regular contributor on "Meet the...See more

Jon Meacham book reviews

  • American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House 1 out of 5

    Book is a disillusion. American Joke !

    by Gkhan100, May 9, 2010

    Bought the book and read it with an open mind. It is disillusion, period.

    It is filled with way too much information. I could not help but think that all the information is presented to help mask ... read more

  • Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship 4 out of 5

    An insight to the personalities

    by floridascouse, Jul 16, 2009

    Meacham quite candidly states in his introduction that this is not another history of WW II, but his attempt to portray the relationship between these two men.
    I think he succeeds in his "Intimate ... read more

  • American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House 1 out of 5

    Boring!

    by boringlady, May 6, 2010

    Got this book as we were reading it for my book group. Could not wade through it! Way too much information. read more

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