Andrew Jackson: Symbol for an Age / Edition 1

by John William Ward

Overview

Every age creates heroes to suit its needs. For young, pioneering America of the early nineteenth century, Andrew Jackson filled that need. This book shows how Jackson captured the imagination of his contemporaries and how the ideals of the period were fused in him. It is, therefore, a study of Jackson's time rather than a simple study of the man.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195006995
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/31/1962
Series:	Galaxy Books
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	942,341
Product dimensions:	8.52(w) x 5.57(h) x 0.64(d)
Lexile:	1600L (what's this?)

Editorial Reviews

"A unique treatment of this popular figure and of the age in which he lived....[Andrew Jackson] is an important contribution to the understanding of our past behavior and hence of our present."—The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography

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