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The Life of Andrew Jackson  
Author: Robert V. Remini
ISBN: 0060937351
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description

The classic one-volume biography of Andrew Jackson

Robert V. Remini's prizewinning, three-volumn biography, The Life of Andrew Jackson, won the National Book Award upon it's completion in 1984. Now, Remini captures the essence of the life and career of the seventh president of the United States in the meticulously crafted single-volume abridgement.


About the Author
Robert V. Remini is Professor of History and Research Professor of Humanities Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of many books, including a definitive three-volume Andrew Jackson biography for which he won the National Book Award.




The Life of Andrew Jackson

ANNOTATION

The New York Times has called Robert V. Remini "the formost Jacksonian scholar of our time." His prize-winning biography is a work that took more than 15 years to write. Now, the essence of Andrew Jackson's life and career have been expertly captured in this meticulously crafted abridgement. Illustrated.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Robert V. Remini's prizewinning, three-volume biography. The Life of Andrew Jackson. won the National Book Award upon its completion in 1984. Now, Remini captures the essence of the life and career of the seventh president of the United States in this meticulously crafted single-volume abridgement

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

Remini is the author of an acclaimed three-volume biography of the seventh president and now follows up with a superb condensation that incorporates the results of recent research. He describes Old Hickory's early struggle to overcome his reputation as a violent and vengeful man (``virtually a social outcast'' in western Tennessee); the spectacular fulfillment of his search for military glory at Horseshoe Bend and New Orleans; and his frequently turbulent two-term administration (1829-1837). In this vivid biography, Remini analyzes his subject's shortcomings, which included wretched administrative appointments, inability to replace the corrupt U.S. Bank with a better system and failure to bring Texas into the Union. But the overall emphasis is on a chief executive who ``served the American people extremely well,'' preserved the integrity of the Union, saved the government from misrule and liquidated the national debt. Jackson stepped down from office more popular than when he entered the White House. Illustrations. (August)

     



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