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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 meticulously crafted single-volume abridgment, Remini captures the essence of the life and career of the seventh president of the United States. As president, from 1829-1837, Jackson was a significant force in the nations′s expansion, the growth of presidential power, and the transition from republicanism to democracy. Jackson is a highly controversial figure who is undergoing historical reconsideration today. He is known as spurring the emergence of the modern American political division of Republican and Democractic parties, for the infamous Indian removal on the Trail of Tears, and for his brave victory against the British as Major General at the Battle of New Orleans.Never an apologist, Remini portrays Jackson as a foreceful, sometimes tragic, hero--a man whose strength and flaws were larger than life, a president whose conviction provided the nation with one of the most influential, colorful, and controversial administrations in our history. 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)
Preface ixChronology of Jackson's Life, 1767-1845 xiGenealogy of the Jackson Family xv1 Boy from the Waxhaw District 12 Frontiersman and Lawyer 143 Congressman Jackson 284 The Duel 425 Old Hickory 556 The Creek War 687 The Battle of New Orleans 868 Indian Removal 1059 The First Seminole War 11610 Governor Jackson 12911 An Era of Corruption 13712 "Jackson and Reform" 15713 The First People's Inaugural 17214 The Reform Begins 18315 Political Upheaval 19016 Return to Reform 20817 The Bank War Begins 22018 Jackson and the Union 23319 The Union Preserved 24420 "The Grand Triumphal Tour" 25221 Panic! 26122 The End of the Bank 27223 The Hermitage Fire 27824 Jacksonian Diplomacy 28325 Jacksonian Democracy 29526 Texas 30927 Life in the White House 31528 Farewell 32729 Retirement 33630 The Silver Jubilee 34231 "We Must Regain Texas" 34632 "We Will All Meet in Heaven" 354Notes 361Bibliography 397Index 399Maps and Floor PlansThe Creek Campaign, 1813-1814 76Route of British Invasion 94Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815 98Indian Removal-Southern Tribes 107First Seminole War, 1818 123Hermitage, First Floor 300Hermitage, Second Floor 301The White House, 1833, Main Floor 318The White House, 1833, Second Story 319
