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![]() ![]() He also continued to serve as an academician - working as the Albert Schweitzer Professor of the Humanities at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York until 1994. Price New from Used from Kindle 'Please retry' 15.99 Hardcover 'Please retry' 6.48 88.79 6.48 Hardcover, Janu6. That book was followed by The Age of Jackson in 1945, a celebrated history that challenged the way the Jacksonian era was previously interpreted by historians. Schlesinger(Author) 4.6 out of 5 stars296 ratings See all formats and editions Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Titled ‘A Thousand Days’, the book earned him a second Pulitzer Prize. Schlesinger is the author of sixteen books published over the six decades since Orestes Brownson appeared in 1939. Later on, he wrote a book which gave a detailed account of the Kennedy Administration and his service as an adviser. During the John F Kennedy’s regime, he held prestigious position as a special assistant to the President. Politically active, he started off by working as a speechwriter for Adlai Stevenson and soon became an ardent supporter of the Kennedy administration. It was while working at the OSS that he pursued a literary career side by side and came out with the work, ‘The Age of Jackson’, for which he received a Pulitzer Prize. ![]() ![]() A graduate from Harvard University, he started his career working in the Office of the Strategic Services. An American historian, educator and public official, Arthur M Schlesinger was one of the influential personalities, who explored the history of 20th-century American liberalism. ![]()
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