Description
Available in paperback for the first time, these three volumes represent the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson. Volume One covers the role Jackson played in America's territorial expansion, bringing to life a complex character who has often been seen simply as a rough-hewn country general. Volume Two traces Jackson's senatorial career, his presidential campaigns, and his first administration as President. Volume Three covers Jackson's reelection to the presidency and the weighty issues with which he was faced: the nullification crisis, the tragic removal of the Indians beyond the Mississippi River, the mounting violence throughout the country over slavery, and the tortuous efforts to win the annexation of Texas.
Author: Robert V. Remini
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 04/10/1998
Pages: 672
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.22lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.06w x 1.64d
ISBN13: 9780801859137
ISBN10: 0801859131
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State
- Biography & Autobiography | Political
- History | United States | 19th Century
About the Author
Robert V. Remini is professor emeritus of history and the humanities at the Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago. The New York Times has called him "the foremost Jacksonian scholar of our time." He is the author of many books, including biographies of Daniel Webster and Henry Clay.