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Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFrederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a polarized era, history can become a subject of political contention. Many see America as perfect; many others argue that the national experiment is fundamentally flawed. The truth, Meacham shows, likely lies between these extremes. America has had shining hours, and also dark ones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAmerican Struggle, \u003c\/i\u003e Jon Meacham illuminates the nation's complicated past. This rich and diverse collection covers a wide spectrum of history, from 1619 to the twenty-first century, with primary-source documents that take us back to critical moments in which Americans fought over the meaning and the direction of the national experiment. From the founders to Lincoln to Obama, from Andrew Jackson to Theodore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, from Seneca Falls to the March on Washington, this chorus--sometimes discordant and always fascinating--tells the story of the country and of its people. As clashes over liberty and slavery, inclusion and exclusion, play out, these voices, brilliantly framed by Meacham's singular commentary, remind us that contentious citizenship and fair-minded observations are essential to bringing about the more perfect union envisioned in the Preamble to the Constitution, which Frederick Douglass called a \"glorious liberty document.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConflict is nothing new in our democracy; rather, as Meacham and these texts show, tensions are inherent, stubborn, and perennial. And \u003ci\u003eAmerican Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e teaches us anew that to know what has come before, to watch as long-running disputes rise and fall, is to be armed against despair.","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51379374719261,"sku":"9780593597552","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/1259\/2413\/files\/imageloader_5a181171-1c94-4718-9ddf-e41c1ffd799f.jpg?v=1779707438"},{"product_id":"the-declaration-of-independence-and-the-constitution-of-the-united-states","title":"The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Jon Meacham introduces America's essential founding documents in an elegant, readable, and timeless volume.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the winter of 1860-1861, facing the prospect of secession and civil war, President Abraham Lincoln held fast to the founding promise of the now-imperiled United States of America. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution had forged the nation, and Lincoln intended to defend them. But even more importantly, Lincoln saw \"something back of these, entwining itself more closely about the human heart. That something is the principle of 'Liberty to all.'\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat principle remains as vital today as it has been throughout the first 250 years of our nation's history. Presented here with an introduction by bestselling American historian and biographer Jon Meacham, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America are both timeless and timely, offering a window into the complex poltical world of the nation's founders--and important lessons for our own. 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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. 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