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Life after power seven presidents and their search for purpose beyond the White House

Life after power seven presidents and their search for purpose beyond the White House

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Jared Cohen tells the stories of seven former presidents, from the Founding to today. Each changed history. Each offered lessons about how to decide what to do in the next chapter of life. Thomas Jefferson was the first former president to accomplish great things after the White House, shaping public debates and founding the University of Virginia, an accomplishment he included on his tombstone, unlike his presidency. John Quincy Adams served in...