American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
It is true that Andrew Jackson led American troops to victory in the Battle of New Orleans; that he served gallantly in the Creek and Seminole Wars, was a prisoner of war, and fought 13 duels. But the most important thing about this son of immigrant parents is that as our seventh president, he...
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It is true that Andrew Jackson led American troops to victory in the Battle of New Orleans; that he served gallantly in the Creek and Seminole Wars, was a prisoner of war, and fought 13 duels. But the most important thing about this son of immigrant parents is that as our seventh president, he forever changed government in America. It has been said, quite erroneously, that it is impossible to write a bad biography of Old Hickory, but rarely has one been penned nearly as good as this life by Jon Meacham. The author of American Gospel captures not only the fervency and vitriol of the Jacksonian Era but also the human drama occurring inside the White House.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781588368225 (158836822X)
Publish date: November 11th 2008
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Pages no: 639
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
Book Club,
American,
Politics,
American History,
Biography Memoir,
Presidents,
Us Presidents
A good read, but not a great one.First off, it's very short. The life of a man like Jackson is difficult to distill into less than 500 pages. For that reason, this book focuses almost exclusively on his years as President. That brings me to the next strike against it: it glosses over the formation o...
Lean and long, nicknamed Old Hickory, Andrew Jackson was elected the 7th President of the United States, in 1828, at age 61, when there were only 24 states in the union. He served two terms. In 1845, when he died, three more states had been added. Orphaned at age 14, he later became a lawyer and ros...
My presidential biography cycle continues with Meacham's study of Jackson's presidential years. A lot of people have been griping, particularly the first reviewer who comes up, that this book is not detailed enough and in some cases too detailed - a criticism I kind of scratch my head over upon com...
This is the story primarily of Andrew Jackson's presidency - the things he battled and stood for. Meacham does include a brief history of Old Hickory, enough to link together some of the reasons why Jackson stood for what he did. Jackson faced a number of challenges during his 8 years in office - ...
Imagine John Facenda, the iconic voice of NFL Films, telling a story about a man who is complex, evil, loving, tenacious, brilliant, a mass of contradiction who heroically saves the union by in part protecting its greatest failure and sin, and you will have an understanding of American Lion: Andrew ...
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