American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology After the tragic death of

After the tragic death of their father

Jesse Ball (born 1978) is the author of five novels

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American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology After the tragic death ofINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment. "Jon Meacham has done it again. If there is a soul in American history, it emerges indeed, explodes from these pages." David W. Blight, Pulitzer Prize