Customer Review: The reviews of this book overrated it by a long shot. Most of it dissects the personal conflicts between his close confidents and is of extremely limitted interest. The interesting conflicts, such as that of the bank, his fights with Congress, his Indian resettlement policy,and his views on slavery... more info
Customer Review: Meacham is managing editor of Newsweek, and subsequently it is perhaps not surprising that this reads like nothing so much as an extended news-magazine op-ed piece--vaguely pluralistic, moderately researched, mostly meatless middle-of-the-road pseudo-philosophical claptrap. Extensive additional... more info
Customer Review: Total agreement with all the five star reviews. Meacham presents history and biography on a grand scale, but creates a personal memoir of this historic friendship. One of those books the reader is anxious to get back to. I strongly recommend it.
Customer Review: This book was supposed to be new. It was a gift and the cover sleeve was wrinkled and I was embarassed to give it as a gift. "Strand Books" should realize that if I had seen this book prior to purchasing, I would have chosen another book.
Customer Review: Jon Meachams's voices resonate like the music from a Bach chorale and transcend the whining cacophony of race baiters and hate mongers.
Customer Review: Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter has provided us with a choice selection of his columns written since the early 1990s. The book is divided into eight sections ranging from history, articles on politics including the Bushes and Clintons, another on people such as Jimmy Stewart, Frank Sinatra, and... more info
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