The Life of Andrew Jackson
ISBN: 9780061807886 | 0061807885
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publications
Pub. Date: 4/9/2010
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Robert V. Remini's prize-winning, three-volume biography Life of Andrew Jackson won the National Book Award on its completion in 1984 and is recognized as one of the greatest lives of a U.S. President. In this meticulously crafted single-volume abridgment, Remini captures the essence of the life and career of the seventh president of the United States. As president, from 1829-1837, Jackson was a significant force in the nations's expansion, the growth of presidential power, and the transition from republicanism to democracy.Jackson is a highly controversial figure who is undergoing historical reconsideration today. He is known as spurring the emergence of the modern American political division of Republican and Democractic parties, for the infamous Indian removal on the Trail of Tears, and for his brave victory against the British as Major General at the Battle of New Orleans.Never an apologist, Remini portrays Jackson as a foreceful, sometimes tragic, hero--a man whose strength and flaws were larger than life, a president whose conviction provided the nation with one of the most influential, colorful, and controversial administrations in our history.
| Preface | p. ix |
| Chronology of Jackson's Life, 1767-1845 | p. xi |
| Genealogy of the Jackson Family | p. xv |
| Boy from the Waxhaw District | p. 1 |
| Frontiersman and Lawyer | p. 14 |
| Congressman Jackson | p. 28 |
| The Duel | p. 42 |
| Old Hickory | p. 55 |
| The Creek War | p. 68 |
| The Battle of New Orleans | p. 86 |
| Indian Remov... MORE | p. 105 |
| The First Seminole War | p. 116 |
| Governor Jackson | p. 129 |
| An Era of Corruption | p. 137 |
| "Jackson and Reform" | p. 157 |
| The First People's Inaugural | p. 172 |
| The Reform Begins | p. 183 |
| Political Upheaval | p. 190 |
| Return to Reform | p. 208 |
| The Bank War Begins | p. 220 |
| Jackson and the Union | p. 233 |
| The Union Preserved | p. 244 |
| "The Grand Triumphal Tour" | p. 252 |
| Panic! | p. 261 |
| The End of the Bank | p. 272 |
| The Hermitage Fire | p. 278 |
| Jacksonian Diplomacy | p. 283 |
| Jacksonian Democracy | p. 295 |
| Texas | p. 309 |
| Life in the White House | p. 315 |
| Farewell | p. 327 |
| Retirement | p. 336 |
| The Silver Jubilee | p. 342 |
| "We Must Regain Texas" | p. 346 |
| "We Will All Meet in Heaven" | p. 354 |
| Notes | p. 361 |
| Bibliography | p. 397 |
| Index | p. 399 |
| Maps and Floor Plans | |
| The Creek Campaign, 1813-1814 | p. 76 |
| Route of British Invasion | p. 94 |
| Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815 | p. 98 |
| Indian Removal-Southern Tribes | p. 107 |
| First Seminole War, 1818 | p. 123 |
| Hermitage, First Floor | p. 300 |
| Hermitage, Second Floor | p. 301 |
| The White House, 1833, Main Floor | p. 318 |
| The White House, 1833, Second Story | p. 319 |
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Robert V. Remini is professor emeritus of American history and research professor emeritus of humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago and historian of the United States House of Representatives. The winner of the National Book Award for the third volume of his study of Andrew Jackson, he lives in Wilmette, Illinois.
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