To join a recent explosion of massive scholarly biographies of politicians, writers, actors, and others, the Johns Hopkins University Press has reprinted, for the first time in paperback, Robert V.
Whatever suspicions some historians may harbor about narrative biography as a form, most would grant that an understanding of Jackson's life, actions, and thought is essential to an understanding of the era which bears his name with Jackson, more than any other President, seemingly trivial personal whims, prejudices, and peccadilloes were magnified into very public matters of great political and cultural moment. Surely, few Americans are more deserving of a multi-volume biography than Andrew Jackson, military hero, seventh President of the United States, and the dominant political figure of his age. Scott Burnet (University of Virginia Bookstore) Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy: 1833-1845. 1 of 3.īaltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821.
Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832, Vol. Never an apologist, Remini portrays Jackson as a foreceful, sometimes tragic, hero-a man whose strength and flaws were larger than life, a president whose conviction provided the nation with one of the most influential, colorful, and controversial administrations in our history.Robert V. He is known as spurring the emergence of the modern American political division of Republican and Democractic parties, for the infamous Indian removal on the Trail of Tears, and for his brave victory against the British as Major General at the Battle of New Orleans.
Jackson is a highly controversial figure who is undergoing historical reconsideration today. As president, from 1829-1837, Jackson was a significant force in the nations's expansion, the growth of presidential power, and the transition from republicanism to democracy. In this meticulously crafted single-volume abridgment, Remini captures the essence of the life and career of the seventh president of the United States. Remini's prize-winning, three-volume biography Life of Andrew Jackson won the National Book Award on its completion in 1984 and is recognized as one of the greatest lives of a U.S.
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