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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9781400030729
ISBN: 1400030722
Label: Anchor
Manufacturer: Anchor
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 656
Publication Date: October 10, 2006
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Sales Rank: 5514
Studio: Anchor
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Product Description:
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 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. This is a thrilling portrait, in full, of the president who defined American democracy.
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Professor Brands has created a well written, first rate, history of Andrew Jackson's life and times. The "and times" part of the subtitle is important because, unlike some biographies that focus only on their subject, Brands also describes the background events that shaped Jackson's life. Brands has the talent to cover in a paragraph or two what other author's require a chapter to do. The book discusses the myriad of events that Jackson was involved with, such as: the Indian wars against the ... Read More
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Unique amongst most presidential biographies, which devote the majority of their pages to the pursuit and practice of the presidency, Brands' biography is more personal, devoting only 125 of 525 pages to Jackson's election and presidency, the rest to his full and violent life. This quote from Brands, spoken in context of the nullification (States Right) fight during Jackson's term, could well be his life's epitaph: "Jackson lived in a world of struggle. And the struggle never ended."
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Although it is 550 pages, this biography served as an excellent introduction to the life of our seventh President because I started the book almost wholly ignorant of this fascinating American patriot. This is the second H.W. Brands bio I have read. His bio of Benjamin Franklin was a better book but Andrew Jackson is, by no stretch, a disappointment.
Jackson was the first of many Presidents to realize that one doesn't have to know a thing about politics or even like politics to rise ... Read More
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Complete and truthful. Jackson was a onery old coot and a great president and military hero. Brands does a very good job of covering his life and times. A good read.
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H.W. Brands writes a detailed, fact-laden biography that treats Jackson with sincerity, but not excessive bias. The book is serious as well as alluring in that it maintains elements of the sweeping myth of the West - so relevant to Jackson and early America.
More than half of the book deals with Jackson's life prior to his inauguration in 1821. While this may seem excessive, the context is critical to understanding Jackson and evaluating his legacy. As the first congressman for the ... Read More
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