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The cover of "American Lion," by Jon Meacham.
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Though his name doesn't always come up in discussions of great American presidents, Andrew Jackson changed the face of the presidency. A new biography delivers a portrait of this complex, contradictory, and larger than life figure.
Daniel Webster's speech in defense of the Union, Janury 27, 1830
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