The life of Andrew Jackson /
Robert V. Remini.
- 1st Perennial classics ed.
- New York : Perennial, 2001.
- xiv, 412 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
- Perennial classics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-398) and index.
Condensation of the author's three-volume biography originally published 1944-1984 under titles: Andrew Jackson and the course of American empire, 1767-1821; Andrew Jackson and the course of American freedom, 1822-1845, and Andrew Jackson and the course of American democracy, 1833-1845. Boy from the Waxhaw district -- Frontiersman and lawyer -- Congressman Jackson -- The duel -- Old Hickory -- The Creek War -- The Battle of New Orleans -- Indian removal -- The First Seminole War -- Governor Jackson -- An era of corruption -- "Jackson and reform" -- The first people's inaugural -- The reform begins -- Political upheaval -- Return to reform -- The bank war begins -- Jackson and the Union -- The Union preserved -- "The grand triumphal tour" -- Panic! -- The end of the Bank -- The Hermitage fire -- Jacksonian diplomacy -- Jacksonian democracy -- Texas -- Life in the White House -- Farewell -- Retirement -- The silver jubilee -- "We must regain Texas" -- "We will all meet in heaven."
0060937351 (pbk.) 9780060937355 (pbk.)
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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861. United States--Territorial expansion.