The Soul of America

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Pulitzer Prize winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.Our current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America Meacham shows us how what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our nature have repeatedly won the day Painting surprising portraits of Lincoln and other presidents, including Ulysses S Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and Lyndon B Johnson, and illuminating the courage of such influential citizen activists as Martin Luther King Jr., early suffragettes Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt, civil rights pioneers Rosa Parks and John Lewis, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and Army McCarthy hearings lawyer Joseph N Welch, Meacham brings vividly to life turning points in American history He writes about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the birth of the Lost Cause the backlash against immigrants in the First World War and the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s the fight for women s rights the demagoguery of Huey Long and Father Coughlin and the isolationist work of America First in the years before World War II the anti Communist witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy and Lyndon Johnson s crusade against Jim Crow Each of these dramatic hours in our national life have been shaped by the contest to lead the country to look forward rather than back, to assert hope over fear a struggle that continues even now.While the American story has not always or even often been heroic, we have been sustained by a belief in progress even in the gloomiest of times In this inspiring book, Meacham reassures us, The good news is that we have come through such darkness before as, time and again, Lincoln s better angels have found a way to prevail. New Download Books The Soul of America Author Jon Meacham – kino-fada.fr The past is never dead it is not even pastWilliam FaulknerIn August of 2017, after the deadly alt right march in Charlottesville, Virginia, Time s editor Nancy Gates called up Jon Meacham and asked him if he had any thoughts on the subject The Pulitzer prize winning historian and son of the South who grew up on Missionary Ridge, battlefield of the Civil War began to reflect on the words of Faulkner, and how the American battles ov...The Soul of America The Battle for Our Better Angels should be required reading for every American in these divisive times Nowthan ever we need to not only recognize just how deep our societal division is, but remember that we have been in times like this before though it s hard to remember and come out a stronger na...If there were a six star category, I would give this book six stars It s a book that should be read by every thinking American who is worried, concerned, or devastated by what is going on and has gone on in our country since Donald Trump was elected President Yet.this is a hopeful book Meacham posits that we have been in desperate situations before as a country, and we have survived He covers everything from the Civil War to the establishment of the Ku Klux Klan to the McCarthy hearings t If there were a six star category, I would give this book six stars It s a book that should be read by every thinking American who is worried, concerned, or devastated by what is going on and has gone on in our country since Donald Trump was elected President Yet.this is a hopeful book Meacham posits that we have been in desperate situations before as a country, and we have survived He covers everything from the Civil War to the establishment of the Ku Klux Klan to the Mc...I ve got the the biggest brains, I m going to be the biggest man in the United States Sound familiar Think you recognize the speaker I thought so too I was wrong The speaker was a man named David Stephenson who was a major leader of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan in the 1920 s who was subsequently arrested for kidnapping, rape, and murder of a young w...This author is considerablyhopeful and inspirational about the current state of our country than many of the books I have read recently I hope that he is correct that leaders of character will emerge to appeal to our better natures, but they certainly aren t emerging in the White House or Congress at the moment He examines many times in which we have been tested and actually managed to survive the test and make things better for people, rather than taking giant steps backwards The book This author is considerablyhopeful and inspirational about the current state of our country than many of the books I have read recently I hope that he is correct that leaders of character will emerge to appeal to our better natures, but they certainly aren t emerging in the White House or Congress at the moment He examines many times in which we have been tested an...I received a free Kindle copy of The Soul of America by Jon Meacham courtesy of Net Galley and Random House, the publisher It was with the understanding that I would post a review on Net Galley, Goodreads, , Barnes and Noble and my fiction book review blog I also posted it to my Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google Plus pages.I requested this book as I have read a number of books all biographies by the author and the description made it very interesting Meacham describes accurately I received a free Kindle copy of The Soul of America by Jon Meacham courtesy of Net Galley and Random House, the publisher It was with the understanding that I would post a review on Net Galley, Goodreads, , Barnes and Noble and my fiction book review blog I also posted it to my Facebook, Twitter, ... The Soul of America The Battle For Our Better Angels is a beautiful book written to give one hope in these troubled times by veteran historian Jon Meacham Basically, it recounts the struggles that this country has had from its beginnings and how many American presidents have risen to the occasion, as well as this country s influential activists, striving to keep this democracy alive and in the search for the better angels of our natureWe are not enemies but friends We must not be enemies The Soul of America The Battle For Our Better Angels is a beautiful book written to give one hope in these troubled times by veteran historian Jon Meacham Basically, it recounts the struggles that this country has had from its beginnings and how many American presidents have risen to the occasion, as well as this country s influential ac...My only complaint about this book, and it s not minor, is it s reactionary tone to Donald Trump It s as if only the rise of Trump gave rise to this book, and that weakens the message The Soul of America and indeed the humanity that Meachum describes, is in all of us, American or not, no matter who is president No matter the era Make no mistake The message is a good one for the national freak out currently in progress Things have been much much worse And good people, and even bad people wh My only complaint about this book, an...Heunderstood people, and when it came time to make decisions, he was willing to take the responsibilityHe had a good head and a great brain and a kind heartHe was the best kind of ordinary man I mean that as high praise, not deprecationHe s one of the people and becomes distinguished in the service that he gives other peopleHarry S Truman on Abraham Lincoln Author Meacham details various moments in U.S history when ce...This beautiful book uses the prism of American history to present the case that we ve been here before and this too shall pass Did it make me feel better Sort of The quotes from past presidents and historical figures of note are insightful, inspiration and, in some cases, moving I can see Meacham s argument that this division and turmoil is nothing new , but has there ever been such an absence of moral leadership Has there ever been a leader so untethered to facts, so unversed in conve This beautiful book uses the prism of American history to present the case that we ve been here before and this too shall pass Did it make me feel better Sort of The quotes from past presidents and historical figures of note are insightful, inspiration and, in some cases, moving I can see Meacham ...

The Soul of America
  • English
  • 19 August 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • 372 pages
  • Jon Meacham
  • The Soul of America