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Books : Biography : Political : Political Leaders & Leadership : U.S. Presidents, A-Z : Jackson, Andrew
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*Includes 15 pictures of Jackson and important people, places and events in his life.
*Includes a Table of Contents
A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America’s most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.
The United States of America has had many presidents that Americans agree were either great or awful, while some fall into a mediocre category of irrelevance. In many cases a national consensus has been reached on men like Abraham Lincoln and James Buchanan. But the president with the most controversial legacy might be “Old Hickory”, Andrew Jackson.
In his lifetime, Jackson came to represent what middle class Americans viewed as the quintessential American. Jackson had a modest upbringing, served as a teenager during the American Revolution, became a war hero during the War of 1812, and championed populism and the common American during his presidency. He also embodied courage and manliness, famously carrying a bullet from a duel in his body for decades until his death.
On the other hand, critics continue to charge that Jackson’s legacy is irreversibly stained by his stances on slavery and Native Americans. Jackson opposed the idea of secession but helped keep the antebellum slave system in place, but he is most notorious for his forcible removal of thousands of Native Americans, the best known being the Cherokees’ “Trail of Tears”. When the Supreme Court ruled that the state of Georgia could not impose laws upon the Cherokees, Jackson is popularly quoted (though apocryphally) as dismissing the decision, “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it."
With Jackson as controversial today as ever before, the dueling narratives over his legacy often overshadow the man. American Legends: The Life of Andrew Jackson discusses some of the popular legends of Jackson and covers his career and presidency, but it also humanizes a feisty teenager yearning to fight, and ultimately the aggressive man with a short temper who comprehensively shifted the country’s direction and set it down an irreversible course, for better or worse.
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The production of the series "The Generals", now offered exlusively to eBook readers, is the result of a want which has been long and sensibly felt. Although there are several collections of lives of American officers, there is none which contains such a large number of lives. The occurrences of several wars have awakened a lively curiosity respecting the personal history of the officers who have distinguished themselves throughout US history; and this has led to a fresh desire for general information respecting the military history of the country. To meet this desire the present work has been written. Please take a look at the other volumes of this series by searching at Amazon for "The Generals."
This ebook is not a cheap scanned version of the original but has been completely digitally revised and optimized for Kindle.
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Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power, bending the nation to his will in the cause of democracy. Jackson’s election in 1828 ushered in a new and lasting era in which the people, not distant elites, were the guiding force in American politics. Democracy made its stand in the Jackson years, and he gave voice to the hopes and the fears of a restless, changing nation facing challenging times at home and threats abroad. To tell the saga of Jackson’s presidency, acclaimed author Jon Meacham goes inside the Jackson White House. Drawing on newly discovered family letters and papers, he details the human drama–the family, the women, and the inner circle of advisers–that shaped Jackson’s private world through years of storm and victory.
One of our most significant yet dimly recalled presidents, Jackson was a battle-hardened warrior, the founder of the Democratic Party, and the architect of the presidency as we know it. His story is one of violence, sex, courage, and tragedy. With his powerful persona, his evident bravery, and his mystical connection to the people, Jackson moved the White House from the periphery of government to the center of national action, articulating a vision of change that challenged entrenched interests to heed the popular will–or face his formidable wrath. The greatest of the presidents who have followed Jackson in the White House–from Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt to FDR to Truman–have found inspiration in his example, and virtue in his vision.
Jackson was the most contradictory of men. The architect of the removal of Indians from their native lands, he was warmly sentimental and risked everything to give more power to ordinary citizens. He was, in short, a lot like his country: alternately kind and vicious, brilliant and blind; and a man who fought a lifelong war to keep the republic safe–no matter what it took.
Jon Meacham in American Lion has delivered the definitive human portrait of a pivotal president who forever changed the American presidency–and America itself.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Essential, medium-length biography of Andrew Jackson, who led the most exciting life of any American President. After fighting as a child in the Revolutionary War, young Andrew Jackson became a violence-prone playboy and gambler. Moving to Tennessee endowed with an appointment to a lucrative job as a federal lawyer and later as a judge, he built a fortune around gambling, slavery, and working both sides of the law. Becoming a militia leader, he won victories over American Indian tribes and the British army at New Orleans.
Seeing the danger to rich slave masters like himself stemming from extending the right to vote to all white males, Jackson set about making himself the leader of poor white male voters. His organization became the Democratic Party.
As President, Andrew Jackson surprised his detractors by not getting the U.S. involved in a war. He killed the Bank of the United States and plunged the nation into a deep Depression by insisting on a hard-currency (gold and silver) standard. The issue of the rights of states vs. the power of the Federal government almost led to a civil war with South Carolina. Free trade vs. taxes on imports to protect American manufacturing companies was also a big controversy of those times.
Relieved of the tedium of longer treatments, the full color of the Andrew Jackson story comes alive in this shocking biography.
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Focuses on Andrew Jackson's career including his time as a general in Tennessee and his rise up the Army ranks. With dramatic scenes of fierce battles and victories, Remini reveals here why Jackson's bold leadership as a general led to his election as President of the United States in 1828.
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