Life of Andrew Jackson

Name: Life of Andrew Jackson
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ISBN: 9780140132670

ISBN-10: 0140132678

ISBN-13: 9780140132670

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robert V. Remini

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The classic one-volume biography of Andrew JacksonRobert V. Remini's prizewinning, three-volumn biography, The Life of Andrew Jackson, won the National Book Award upon it's completion in 1984. Now, Remini captures the essence of the life and career of the seventh president of the United States in the meticulously crafted single-volume abridgement.

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/13/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Robert V. Remini, professor emeritus of history & the humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago, won the National Book Award for his three-volume biography of Andrew Jackson. He is the author of numerous books on American history, including "The Battle of New Orleans" & biographies of Henry Clay & Daniel Webster.



Preface


Chronology of Jackson's Life, 1767-1845


Genealogy of the Jackson Family



Boy from the Waxhaw District



Frontiersman and Lawyer



Congressman Jackson



The Duel



Old Hickory



The Creek War



The Battle of New Orleans



Indian Removal



The First Seminole War



Governor Jackson



An Era of Corruption



"Jackson and Reform"



The First People's Inaugural



The Reform Begins



Political Upheaval



Return to Reform



The Bank War Begins



Jackson and the Union



The Union Preserved



"The Grand Triumphal Tour"



Panic!



The End of the Bank



The Hermitage Fire



Jacksonian Diplomacy



Jacksonian Democracy



Texas



Life in the White House



Farewell



Retirement



The Silver Jubilee



"We Must Regain Texas"



"We Will All Meet in Heaven"


Notes


Bibliography


Index


Photographs


Maps and Floor Plans


The Creek Campaign, 1813-1814


Route of British Invasion


Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815


Indian Removal--Southern Tribes


First Seminole War, 1818


Hermitage, First Floor


Hermitage, Second Floor


The White House, 1833, Main Floor


The White House, 1833, Second Story