A Being So Gentle: The Frontier Love Story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson
ISBN: 9780230609501 | 0230609503
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date: 1/4/2011
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The dramatic story - from adulterous beginning to tragic end - of the passionate relationship between Andrew Jackson and his wife Rachel
The forty-year love affair between Rachel and Andrew Jackson parallels a tumultuous period in American history. During this time, the fledgling United States more than doubled in size, and political power moved closer to true democracy for white men. Andrew Jackson was at the forefront of that revolution - but he never could have made it without the support of his wife. Beautifu... MORE
The forty-year love affair between Rachel and Andrew Jackson parallels a tumultuous period in American history. During this time, the fledgling United States more than doubled in size, and political power moved closer to true democracy for white men. Andrew Jackson was at the forefront of that revolution - but he never could have made it without the support of his wife. Beautifu... MORE
| Map of the Jackson's Three Homes | p. iv |
| Acknowledgments | p. v |
| Prologue: The People's President | p. 1 |
| The Tennessee Frontier | p. 11 |
| A Marriage Made in Hell | p. 27 |
| The Elopement | p. 45 |
| Making a Life Together | p. 59 |
| The Hermitage | p. 77 |
| Great Convulsions | p. 101 |
| The Nation's Hero | p. 121 |
| Life in t... MORE | p. 147 |
| Out of the West | p. 167 |
| Triumph and Heartbreak | p. 195 |
| Epilogue: The President Alone | p. 223 |
| Notes | p. 231 |
| Bibiliography | p. 239 |
| Index | p. 243 |
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