{"product_id":"presidential-courage-brave-leaders-and-how-they-changed-america-1789-1989-9780743257442","title":"Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Conquerors\u003c\/i\u003e comes a brilliantly readable and inspiring saga about crucial times in America's history when a courageous president dramatically changed the future of the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith surprising new sources and a dazzling command of history and human character, Michael Beschloss brings to life the flawed, complex men who changed America's history. From George Washington, braving threats of impeachment and assassination to make peace with England, to John Adams, incurring his party's unrelenting hatred by refusing to fight France, and from Andrew Jackson, in a death struggle against the corrupt Bank of the United States, to Abraham Lincoln, risking his Presidency to insist that slaves be freed, Beschloss provides an intimate, behind-the-scenes view of presidents coping with the supreme dilemmas of their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGripping and important, \u003ci\u003ePresidential Courage \u003c\/i\u003ereveals that none of these presidents were eager to incur ridicule, vilification, or threats of political destruction and even assassination. But in the end, bolstered by friends and family, hidden private beliefs, and faith, each ultimately proved himself to be, in Andrew Jackson's words, \"born for the storm.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Beschloss has been called \"the nation's leading Presidential historian\" by \u003ci\u003eNewsweek.\u003c\/i\u003e He has written nine books on American Presidents and is NBC News Presidential Historian, as well as contributor to PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503750779154,"sku":"9780743257442","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1af3390a-9056-4e9b-8272-5fb3ecd70682.jpg?v=1730797258","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/presidential-courage-brave-leaders-and-how-they-changed-america-1789-1989-9780743257442","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}