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Legacies: American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian and professor of history at Vanderbilt University Jon Meacham joins Revolutionary Ideas to discuss his groundbreaking latest book — American Struggle. Here, Meacham illuminates the nation’s complicated past in this rich and diverse collection, from 1619 to the twenty-first century with primary-source documents that take us back to critical moments in the national experiment. American Struggle demonstrates how conflict is nothing new to our democracy, and as long-running disputes rise and fall, it is important to be armed against despair.
*** Books will be available for purchase at Dock Street Theatre thanks to our onsite pop-up bookstore by Buxton Books. There will be a book signing following the program. ***
Featured Speaker: Jon Meacham
Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham is one of America's most prominent public intellectuals. A highly sought-after commentator, Meacham regularly appears on MSNBC, CNN, and other news outlets. In 2009, Meacham won the Pulitzer Prize in Biography for American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. His latest book, American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology, is an anthology that illuminates the nation’s complicated past. Meacham is a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University where he holds the Rogers Chair in the American Presidency. In 2024 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Biden and was honored as a Library Lion of the New York Public Library.
Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian and professor of history at Vanderbilt University Jon Meacham joins Revolutionary Ideas to discuss his groundbreaking latest book — American Struggle. Here, Meacham illuminates the nation’s complicated past in this rich and diverse collection, from 1619 to the twenty-first century with primary-source documents that take us back to critical moments in the national experiment. American Struggle demonstrates how conflict is nothing new to our democracy, and as long-running disputes rise and fall, it is important to be armed against despair.
*** Books will be available for purchase at Dock Street Theatre thanks to our onsite pop-up bookstore by Buxton Books. There will be a book signing following the program. ***
Featured Speaker: Jon Meacham
Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham is one of America's most prominent public intellectuals. A highly sought-after commentator, Meacham regularly appears on MSNBC, CNN, and other news outlets. In 2009, Meacham won the Pulitzer Prize in Biography for American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. His latest book, American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology, is an anthology that illuminates the nation’s complicated past. Meacham is a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University where he holds the Rogers Chair in the American Presidency. In 2024 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Biden and was honored as a Library Lion of the New York Public Library.
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Dock Street Theatre
135 Church St, Charleston, SC, 29401
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