A thought-provoking study of Andrew Jackson chronicles the life and career of a self-made man who went on to become a military hero and seventh president of the United States, critically analyzing Jackson's seminal role during a turbulent era in history, the political crises and personal upheaval that surrounded him, and his legacy for the modern presidency.

A biography of Andrew Jackson, frontiersman, lawyer, and seventh President of the United States.

Examines the childhood, political career, and other activities of the seventh president of the United States, the first president to come from a poor family.

Chronicles the life of President Andrew Jackson, focusing on his experiences as a young boy during the Revolutionary War.

In this acclaimed biographical novel, Irving Stone brings to life the tender and poignant love story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson. "Beyond any doubt one of the great romances of all time." -- The Saturday Review of Literature

Presents a biography of the hero of the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 who became the seventh President of the United States.

"Describes Andrew Jackson's actions during the War of 1812 and the Trail of Tears"-- President and war hero. Slave owner and Indian killer. Andrew Jackson has been called many names throughout history. But who was the real Andrew Jackson? Explore Jacksons life leading up to the Trail of Tears. Then decide for yourself whether he was a hero or a villain.

The first "common man" to rise to the presidency, Jackson embodied the spirit and the vision of the emerging American nation; the term "Jacksonian democracy" is embedded in our national lexicon. Historian Brands follows Jackson from his days as rebellious youth, risking execution to free the Carolinas during the Revolutionary War, to his years as a young lawyer and congressman from the newly settled frontier state of Tennessee. As general of the Tennessee...