American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation
Written by Jon Meacham
Narrated by Grover Gardner
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From the Compact Disc edition.
Jon Meacham
JON MEACHAM received the Pulitzer Prize for his 2008 biography of Andrew Jackson, American Lion. He is also the author of the New York Times bestsellers Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George H.W. Bush, American Gospel, and Franklin and Winston. Meacham, who teaches at Vanderbilt University, is a fellow of the Society of American Historians. He lives in Nashville with his wife and children.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An excellent overview of the role of religion, for better or worse, in the American experience. The emphasis is on the positive role that public, as opposed to narrow, sectarian religion can play in American life.
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