American lion andrew jackson in the white house is a 2008 biography of andrew jackson the seventh president of the united states written by jon meachamit won the 2009 pulitzer prize for biography with the prize jury describing it as an unflinching portrait of a not always admirable democrat but a pivotal president written with an agile prose that brings the jackson saga to life. Note 5 retrouvez american lion andrew jackson in the white house et des millions de livres en stock sur amazonfr achetez neuf ou doccasion. The greatest of the presidents who have followed jackson in the white house from lincoln to theodore roosevelt to fdr to truman have found inspiration in his example and virtue in his vision jackson was the most contradictory of men the architect of the removal of indians from their native lands he was warmly sentimental and risked everything to give more power to ordinary citizens he was in short a lot like his country alternately kind and vicious brilliant and blind and a man . American lion andrew jackson in the white house by meacham jon publication date 2009 topics biographies memoirs historical united states biographies memoirs leaders notable people presidents heads of state biographies memoirs people a z j jackson andrew history americas united states 19th century jackson andrew 1767 1845 presidents . American lion andrew jackson in the white house by meacham jon publication date 2008 topics jackson andrew 1767 1845 jackson andrew 1767 1845 jackson andrew 1767 1845 presidents publisher new york random house collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks china digitizing sponsor internet archive contributor internet archive language english includes