Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832

by Robert V. Remini

Overview

Available in paperback for the first time, these three volumes represent the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson. Volume One covers the role Jackson played in America's territorial expansion, bringing to life a complex character who has often been seen simply as a rough-hewn country general. Volume Two traces Jackson's senatorial career, his presidential campaigns, and his first administration as President. Volume Three covers Jackson's reelection to the presidency and the weighty issues with which he was faced: the nullification crisis, the tragic removal of the Indians beyond the Mississippi River, the mounting violence throughout the country over slavery, and the tortuous efforts to win the annexation of Texas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801859120
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	04/10/1998
Series:	Andrew Jackson Series , #2
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	504
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Robert V. Remini is professor emeritus of history and the humanities at the Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago. The New York Times has called him "the foremost Jacksonian scholar of our time."He is the author of many books, Including biographies of Daniel Webster and Henry Clay.

Table of Contents

Preface
Chronology of Jackson's Life, 1822-1832

1. The Convalescent
2. The Era of Corruption
3. The politics of Panic
4. Return to the Senta
5. The Theft of the Presidency
6. Organizing an Opposition
7. "Jackson and Reform"
8. Triumph and Tragedy
9. The First People's Inaugural
10. The Reform Begins
11. The Eaton Imbroglio
12. "Mind Is a Situation of Dignified Slavery"
13. The Rivalry
14. Return to Reform
15. "Brothers, Listen...You Must Submit"
16. Jacksonian Diplomacy: Beginnings
17. Founding the Washington Globe
18. The Purge
19. The Kitchen Cabinet
20. The Back War Begins
21. To Kill a Minister
22. Veto!
23. Jackson, the Union, and Democracy

Notes
Index

Editorial Reviews

If courage is required in a biographer of Andrew Jackson, there is, at least, no shortage of literary battles where that bravery can by displayed. Professor Remini deserves his campaign medals.
—Peter Marshall, Times Literary Supplement

Jackson's significance in American political and social history is enormous. His larger-than-life personality and equally heroic convictions and prejudices changed the Presidency and the character of American political parties... [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.
—John A. Garraty, New York Times Book Review

From the Publisher

If courage is required in a biographer of Andrew Jackson, there is, at least, no shortage of literary battles where that bravery can by displayed. Professor Remini deserves his campaign medals.

Times Literary Supplement - Peter Marshall

Jackson's significance in American political and social history is enormous. His larger-than-life personality and equally heroic convictions and prejudices changed the Presidency and the character of American political parties... [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 - John A. Garraty

A wonderful portrait, rich in detail, of a fascinating and important man and an authoritative...account of his role in American history.
— The New York Times Book Review

John A. Garraty