{"product_id":"book-acll","title":"Presidential Courage","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Conquerors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Michael Beschloss's dramatic and inspiring saga explores crucial times when a courageous President changed the history of the United States. With surprising new sources and a dazzling command of history and human character, Beschloss brings these flawed, complex men -- and their wives, families, friends and foes -- to life as if in a gripping novel. Never have we had a more intimate, behind-the-scenes view of Presidents coping with the supreme dilemmas of their lives. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePresidential Courage\u003c\/i\u003e you will witness George Washington braving threats of impeachment and assassination to make peace with England; John Adams, incurring his party's \"unrelenting hatred\" by refusing to fight France and warning, \"Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war;\" Andrew Jackson, in a death struggle against the corrupt Bank of the United States; Abraham Lincoln, risking his Presidency to insist that slaves be freed, as well as the crushing ordeals faced by Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As Beschloss shows, none of these Presidents was eager to incur ridicule, vilification or threats of political destruction and even assassination. But in the end, each ultimately proved himself to be, in Andrew Jackson's words, \"born for the storm.\"","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348219044144,"sku":"BDacll","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49348219076912,"sku":"40acll","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/271277-acll-Square.jpg?v=1734216421","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-acll","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}