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Throughout this book i became irritated with the lack of quotes or details. He and his wife live with their three children in nashville and sewanee, tennessee. The art of power by pulitzer prizewinning author jon meacham. While i wasnt enamored with my first meachams novel and although thomas jefferson suffered from some of the same flaws as american lion, i thoroughly enjoyed learning about jeffersons life during this tumultuous, yet instrumental time in americas history. On the one hand, it nullifies the will of voters, the. He is also the author of the new york times bestsellers thomas jefferson. Dec 04, 2012 the subtitle of jon meachams massive new life of thomas jefferson promises a probing exploration of howhediditthe ways and means of power politics.
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