Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times

H W Brands

ISBN 10: 1400030722 / ISBN 13: 9781400030729

Published by Random House USA Inc, 2006

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER. From thetwo-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author of The First American comesthe first major single-volume biography in a decade of the president who defined American democracy . "A big, rich biography."-The Boston Globe H. W. Brands reshapes our understanding of this fascinating man, and of the Age of Democracy that he ushered in. An orphan at a young age and without formal education or the family lineage of the Founding Fathers, Jackson showed that the presidency was not the exclusive province of the wealthy and the well-born but could truly be held by a man of the people. On a majestic, sweeping scale Brands re-creates Jackson's rise from his hardscrabble roots to his days as frontier lawyer, then on to his heroic victory in the Battle of New Orleans, and finally to the White House. Capturing Jackson's outsized life and deep impact on American history, Brands also explores his controversial actions, from his unapologetic expansionism to the disgraceful Trail of Tears. Look for H.W. Brands's otherbiographies:THE FIRST AMERICAN (Benjamin Franklin),THE MAN WHO SAVED THE UNION(Ulysses S. Grant),TRAITOR TO HIS CLASS(Franklin Roosevelt)and REAGAN.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1400030722
• ISBN 13: 9781400030729
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author of The First American comes the first major single-volume biography in a decade of the president who defined American democracy • "A big, rich biography.” —The Boston Globe

H. W. Brands reshapes our understanding of this fascinating man, and of the Age of Democracy that he ushered in. An orphan at a young age and without formal education or the family lineage of the Founding Fathers, Jackson showed that the presidency was not the exclusive province of the wealthy and the well-born but could truly be held by a man of the people. On a majestic, sweeping scale Brands re-creates Jackson’s rise from his hardscrabble roots to his days as frontier lawyer, then on to his heroic victory in the Battle of New Orleans, and finally to the White House. Capturing Jackson’s outsized life and deep impact on American history, Brands also explores his controversial actions, from his unapologetic expansionism to the disgraceful Trail of Tears. 

Look for H.W. Brands's other biographies: THE FIRST AMERICAN (Benjamin Franklin), THE MAN WHO SAVED THE UNION (Ulysses S. Grant), TRAITOR TO HIS CLASS (Franklin Roosevelt) and REAGAN.

About the Author

H. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. A New York Times bestselling author, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography for The First American and Traitor to His Class.