Best Andrew Jackson Biography - April 2024

Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny

Now in paperback with a new afterword.... Another pageturning New York Times bestseller by the authors of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side. Encouraged by the British, Indian tribes attacked settlers in the West, while the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts. By mid-1814, President James Madison’s generals had lost control of the war in the North, losing battles in Canada. Then British troops set the White House ablaze, and a feeling of hopelessness spread across the country.Into this dire situation... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0735213240
• ASIN: 0735213240
• ISBN: 0735213240
• Manufacturer: Sentinel

AMERICAN LION: Andrew Jackson in the White House

The definitive biography of a larger-than-life president who defied norms, divided a nation, and changed Washington foreverAndrew 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 ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0812973461
• ASIN: 0812973461
• ISBN: 0812973461
• Brand: Random House Trade Paperbacks
• Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks

In Defense of Andrew Jackson

 "He was a man of the frontier, self-made but appreciative of those who gave him their loyalty and support. He was, pure and simple, and American..." Andrew Jackson was controversial in his time—and even more controversial in our own. Indian fighter, ardent patriot, hero of the War of 1812, the very embodiment of America’s democratic and frontier spirit, Andrew Jackson was an iconic figure. Today, Jackson is criticized and reviled – condemned as a slave-owner, repudiated as the president who dispatched the Indians down the “Trail of Tears,” dropped with embarrassment by the Demo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1621577287
• ASIN: 1621577287
• ISBN: 1621577287
• Brand: Regnery History
• Manufacturer: Regnery History

The Life of Andrew Jackson

“Superb professional history that moves boldly beyond the scholar’s monograph to make the American past alive and exciting for the general reader.” —Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. [Remini] has produced a wonderful portrait, rich in detail, of a fascinating and important man and an authoritative . . . . account of his role in American History.” —New York Times Book Review The classic one-volume abridgement of the definitive, three-volume, National Book Award-winning biography of Andrew Jackson from esteemed historian Robert V. Remini.

• ASIN: 0061807885
• ASIN: 0061807885
• ISBN: 0061807885
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

A Being So Gentle: The Frontier Love Story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson

The forty-year love affair between Rachel and Andrew Jackson parallels a tumultuous period in American history. Andrew Jackson was at the forefront of the American revolution―but he never could have made it without the support of his wife. Beautiful, charismatic, and generous, Rachel Jackson had the courage to go against the mores of her times in the name of love. As the wife of a great general in wartime, she often found herself running their plantation alone and, a true heroine, she took in and raised children orphaned by the war. Like many great love stories, this one ends tragically when... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0230609503
• ASIN: 0230609503
• ISBN: 0230609503
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

Andrew Jackson

The towering figure who remade American politics―the champion of the ordinary citizen and the scourge of entrenched privilege"It is rare that historians manage both Wilentz's deep interpretation and lively narrative." - Publishers Weekly The Founding Fathers espoused a republican government, but they were distrustful of the common people, having designed a constitutional system that would temper popular passions. But as the revolutionary generation passed from the scene in the 1820s, a new movement, based on the principle of broader democracy, gathered force and united behind Andrew Jackson,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0805069259
• ASIN: 0805069259
• ISBN: 0805069259
• Brand: Wilentz, Sean
• Manufacturer: Times Books - Henry Holt and Company

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

• ASIN: B000Q9ITGW
• ASIN: B000Q9ITGW
• Manufacturer: Anchor

The Long, Bitter Trail: Andrew Jackson and the Indians (Hill and Wang Critical Issues)

The Hill and Wang Critical Issues Series: concise, affordable works on pivotal topics in American history, society, and politics. This account of Congress's Indian Removal Act of 1830 focuses on the plight of the Indians of the Southeast--Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles--who were forced to leave their ancestral lands and relocate to what is now the state of Oklahoma. Revealing Andrew Jackson's central role in the government's policies, Wallace examines the racist attitudes toward Native Americans that led to their removal and, ultimately, their tragic fate.

• ASIN: 0809015528
• ASIN: 0809015528
• ISBN: 0809015528
• Manufacturer: Hill and Wang

Presidents of War

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From a preeminent presidential historian comes a “monumental and profoundly important” (Ron Chernow) saga of America’s wartime chief executivesBILL GATES’S SUMMER READING LISTTen years in the research and writing, Presidents of War is a fresh, magisterial, intimate look at a procession of American leaders as they took the nation into conflict and mobilized their country for victory. It brings us into the room as they make the most difficult decisions that face any President, at times sending hundreds of thousands of American men and women to their deat... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307409600
• ASIN: 0307409600
• ISBN: 9780307409607
• Brand: Crown
• Manufacturer: Crown

Andrew Jackson

• ASIN: 0060801328
• ASIN: 0060801328
• ISBN: 9780060801328
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

• ASIN: B0089EHKE8
• ASIN: B0089EHKE8
• Manufacturer: Random House

Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab

Jacksonland is the thrilling narrative history of two men—President Andrew Jackson and Cherokee chief John Ross—who led their respective nations at a crossroads of American history. Five decades after the Revolutionary War, the United States approached a constitutional crisis. At its center stood two former military comrades locked in a struggle that tested the boundaries of our fledgling democracy. Jacksonland is their story. One man we recognize: Andrew Jackson—war hero, populist, and exemplar of the expanding South—whose first major initiative as president instigated the massive e... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1594205566
• ASIN: 1594205566
• ISBN: 9781594205569
• Manufacturer: Penguin Press

Andrew Jackson and the Course of the American Empire 1767-1821

Reviews critically Jackson's career up to his campaign for the presidency, emphasizing his role in America's territorial expansion

• ASIN: 0060135743
• ASIN: 0060135743
• ISBN: 0060135743
• Manufacturer: Harper & Row

Andrew the Great: The Heroic Story of Andrew Jackson That "They" Don't Want You to Know

Who was Andrew Jackson? We see his face every time an ATM spews out a bunch of $20 bills for us; and again and again when we spend those same bills. We hear or repeat his name, though perhaps not knowingly, whenever the well-known towns of Jacksonville, Florida or Jackson, Mississippi are mentioned; or any of the 14 towns and 22 counties throughout America which also bear his name. Beyond being the 7th President of the United States, this Andrew Jackson fellow sure must have been a man of some great accomplishment and significance -- and indeed he was. In addition to being able to identify his... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1986484645
• ASIN: 1986484645
• ISBN: 1986484645
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Andrew Jackson and the Search for Vindication (Library of American Biography Series)

Book by Curtis, James C.

• ASIN: 0673393348
• ASIN: 0673393348
• ISBN: 0673393348
• Brand: Brand: Pearson
• Manufacturer: Pearson

American Lion : Andrew Jackson in the White House

The definitive biography of a larger-than-life president who defied norms, divided a nation, and changed Washington forever Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable

• UPC: 10906029
• Rating: 3.917

Andrew Jackson: A Biography - eBook

The newest addition to Palgrave's Great Generals series focuses on Andrew Jackson's career including his time as a general in Tennessee and his rise up the Army ranks. Jackson's effective use of spies in war

• UPC: 789459917
• Rating: 4.0

Andrew Jackson

Examines the life, character, and career of Andrew Jackson evaluating his military, political, and diplomatic

• UPC: 535480
• Rating: 4.0

Andrew Jackson - eBook

The towering figure who remade American politics—the champion of the ordinary citizen and the scourge of entrenched privilege"It is rare that historians manage both Wilentz's deep interpretation and lively narrative." - Publishers WeeklyThe Founding Fathers

• UPC: 583049785
• Rating: 4.5

Andrew Jackson : His Life and Times

The extraordinary story of Andrew Jackson--the colorful, dynamic, and forceful president who ushered in the Age of Democracy and set a still-young America on its path to greatness--is told by the bestselling author of "The

• UPC: 4924925
• Rating: 4.273

Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats That Won World War II

9780807123393

• UPC: 312675

The Life of Andrew Jackson - eBook

Robert V. 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. President. In this

• UPC: 944152089
• Rating: 5.0

Andrew Jackson: A Biography - eBook

ABOUT THE BOOK The fiery eyes peering from the front of the twenty-dollar bill belong to the first president who would’ve passed one of the major litmus tests for anyone running for President of the

• UPC: 683133221

In Defense of Andrew Jackson

"He was a man of the frontier, self-made but appreciative of those who gave him their loyalty and support. He was, pure and simple, and American..." Andrew Jackson was controversial in his time--and even more

• UPC: 618148811

Andrew Jackson - eBook

**National Bestseller **In this, the first major single-volume biography of Andrew Jackson in decades, H.W. Brands reshapes our understanding of this fascinating man, and of the Age of Democracy that he ushered in.An orphan at a

• UPC: 811649203
• Rating: 4.273