The Soul of America Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Jon Meacham
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
428

The Soul of America by Jon Meacham Book Summary

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.

ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • The Christian Science Monitor • Southern Living

Our current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America Meacham shows us how what Abraham Lincoln called the “better angels of our nature” have repeatedly won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Lincoln and other presidents, including Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and Lyndon B. Johnson, and illuminating the courage of such influential citizen activists as Martin Luther King, Jr., early suffragettes Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt, civil rights pioneers Rosa Parks and John Lewis, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and Army-McCarthy hearings lawyer Joseph N. Welch, Meacham brings vividly to life turning points in American history. He writes about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the birth of the Lost Cause; the backlash against immigrants in the First World War and the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s; the fight for women’s rights; the demagoguery of Huey Long and Father Coughlin and the isolationist work of America First in the years before World War II; the anti-Communist witch-hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy; and Lyndon Johnson’s crusade against Jim Crow. Each of these dramatic hours in our national life have been shaped by the contest to lead the country to look forward rather than back, to assert hope over fear—a struggle that continues even now.

While the American story has not always—or even often—been heroic, we have been sustained by a belief in progress even in the gloomiest of times. In this inspiring book, Meacham reassures us, “The good news is that we have come through such darkness before”—as, time and again, Lincoln’s better angels have found a way to prevail.

Praise for The Soul of America

“Brilliant, fascinating, timely . . . With compelling narratives of past eras of strife and disenchantment, Meacham offers wisdom for our own time.”—Walter Isaacson

“Gripping and inspiring, The Soul of America is Jon Meacham’s declaration of his faith in America.”—Newsday

“Meacham gives readers a long-term perspective on American history and a reason to believe the soul of America is ultimately one of kindness and caring, not rancor and paranoia.”—USA Today

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Book Name The Soul of America
Genre U.S. History
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Language English
E-Book Size 45.16 MB

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The Soul of America. Excellent. So easy to read and to relearn our history. This book gave me hope in these troubled times. Sherry

Sucked. Glad I decided not to buy the whole version.

America. Nothing is new and we all should read more history.

Eloquent, timely, poignant, and prescient.. I continue to reread passages of this book to give me hope for our fragile and very often, taken-for-granted democracy. In addition I just finished reading Jon Meacham’s Franklin and Winston and marveled at his insight into these very courageous and human leaders. These stories cannot be told enough, but to have them revealed so thoroughly by someone with such insight is not only a wake-up call but a captivating read. And given the perplexing times we think we are living in, this book provides reassurance that, as Jon Meacham reminds us, “The past is never dead; it’s not even past.” William Faulkner. And for me, when reviewing our past, it reminds me that the trajectory within our democracy moves forward while ever so slowly upward. Thank you Jon Meacham for this inspiring work.

Soul of America. Outstanding!

Hope. Reading this gave me hope that my country will survive. I highly recommend reading it.

Hoep. This is a great book to read.

Exceptional and timely book. I highly recommend this book as it references political leaders in the US and decisions made by them during times of crisis. The art of listening to others and compromising with others is much needed in our country and I am confident that new leaders will emerge with these types of skills.

Hoping for better than that!. Incredibly boring and repetitive. A serious disappointment.

So close to a great book.... Historic perspective is needed today more than this generation is aware. Meacham accomplishes this goal, however the reader is bogged down in wondering references that would best be saved for the bibliography. As a result, the flow is interrupted and the point is often lost. Maybe a more scholarly mind is accustom to such ramblings. The pre-sale hype on the book promised references to our current political leadership, yet these were weak and too few. In the end he concludes that we will rise from our currently low political frustrations to an era of higher ground in the future.

Excellent!. So comforting to understand past struggles. The past makes the present bearable. Thank you John.

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The The Soul of America book written by Jon Meacham was published on 08 May 2018, Tuesday in the U.S. History category. A total of 428 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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