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H.W. Brands
H.W. Brands taught at Texas A&M University for sixteen years before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is the Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History. His books include Traitor to His Class, Andrew Jackson, The Age of Gold, The First American, and... show more

H.W. Brands taught at Texas A&M University for sixteen years before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is the Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History. His books include Traitor to His Class, Andrew Jackson, The Age of Gold, The First American, and TR. Traitor to His Class and The First American were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.
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mattries37315
mattries37315 rated it 5 years ago
Considered by some the most dangerous man to be President and others as one of their own that deserved the office, he ushered in a sea change in Washington and American politics. Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands follows the future President of the United States from his birth in th...
Doubleday Publishing
Doubleday Publishing rated it 10 years ago
"This is a fascinating and insightful biography that seems to leave no stone unturned when it comes to the life of Ronald Reagan. Admittedly, I minored in US History in college, but I found this thorough account filled with amazing details and written in a way that humanizes one of most important P...
Seriously, Read a Book!
Seriously, Read a Book! rated it 11 years ago
The Hero of New Orleans, Old Hickory, King Andrew — Andrew Jackson's varied sobriquets belie the daunting task for his potential biographers, and I think H.W. Brands managed to rise to the occasion. Jackson was most definitely a man who contained multitudes, and Brands manages to put it all out ther...
Get Lost in the Stacks
Get Lost in the Stacks rated it 12 years ago
Could have been a lot better. Wasnreally poorly written and for it being only 160 pages, I expected a lot more from it.
debnance
debnance rated it 17 years ago
I like to read books about the places I visit. That’s why I picked The Age of Gold. It came highly recommended and it did not disappoint.Gold is found during the building of Sutter’s Mill in California. People began to flood into California, risking death, willing to sacrifice everything for a chanc...
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