Bob Crawford

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602 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 23 Jun

Bob Crawford’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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He's the Secretary of State under James Monroe.

He negotiates Florida into the Union, Oregon Territory, and he basically writes what we think of as the Monroe Doctrine.

So you think 1824, this guy's going to walk in.

He was born and raised to be president.

Not the case.

The founding generation were leaving the stage.

And young Americans, they wanted something else.

They wanted a common man for the common man.

And that's how they thought of Andrew Jackson.

So he has a failed one-term presidency.

And then he does something extraordinary.

He goes into Congress.

And in Congress, he's not an abolitionist, but he begins to align with the abolitionists.

And he becomes this anti-slavery crusader.

Fascinating.

And is it out yet?

And this is what's really cool about it.

There's this guy, Garrett Moreland, and he does concert posters for us.

He's just a really great guy and a great illustrator.

And he did illustrations for the book.

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