American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Jon Meacham - WH) dogs took off from New York's

took off from New York's Marine Air Terminal and island-hopped its way across the Atlantic Ocean

this volume extends the discussion of Civil War controversies far past the death of the Confederacy in the spring of 1865

the Gettysburg Address as a watershed that turned the war from a fight for Union into one for Union and emancipation

who never accepted reporters into his inner circle

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Jon Meacham - WH) dogs took off from New York'sJon Meacham Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power, bending the nation to his will in the cause of democracy. Jacksons election in 1828 ushered in a new and lasting era in which the people, not