American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White HouseModern · History, Biography, Nonfiction
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
2008 · 483 pages · Nonfiction
35
Modern
★ 3.86 on Goodreads · 58K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2009). 3.86★ from 58K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
35Must-Read Score
- Readers20 out of 100 · counts 40%+9
- Critics63 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+23
- Bestseller18 out of 100 · counts 14%+3
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #129 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #139 of the 154 history books we rank
- #463 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1006 of the 1,405 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2009)
Reads as
True story
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