The Life of Andrew Jackson - Hardcover

Remini, Robert V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060159049 ISBN 13: 9780060159047

Publisher: Harper and Row, 1988

Synopsis

Traces the life and career of the seventh U.S. president, describes his military exploits, and examines his leadership qualities

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Remini is the author of an acclaimed three-volume biography of the seventh president and now follows up with a superb condensation that incorporates the results of recent research. He describes Old Hickory's early struggle to overcome his reputation as a violent and vengeful man ("virtually a social outcast" in western Tennessee); the spectacular fulfillment of his search for military glory at Horseshoe Bend and New Orleans; and his frequently turbulent two-term administration (1829-1837). In this vivid biography, Remini analyzes his subject's shortcomings, which included wretched administrative appointments, inability to replace the corrupt U.S. Bank with a better system and failure to bring Texas into the Union. But the overall emphasis is on a chief executive who "served the American people extremely well," preserved the integrity of the Union, saved the government from misrule and liquidated the national debt. Jackson stepped down from office more popular than when he entered the White House. Illustrations.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper and Row
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0060159049
• ISBN 13: 9780060159047
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 412