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23) Andrew Jackson
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
Johns Hopkins Pbks. edition.
Physical Desc
3 volumes : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
24) Andrew Jackson
Author
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
195 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and presidency of Andrew Jackson, including his early days in South Carolina, his military exploits, and his contributions to the cause of democracy and Manifest Destiny.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Icons in American History Edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Andrew Jackson took office in 1828 as President of the United States building on a reputation for leadership earned in battle during the War of 1812. Known as "Old Hickory", he came from Tennessee.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 417 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A number of biographies have been written about the seventh president of the United States, but none have positioned Andrew Jackson so firmly in the forefront of the country's populist tradition. Now, historian David S. Brown traces Jackson's unusual life and legacy and sheds new light on his place in our nation's history, focusing on his role as a popular leader. Andrew Jackson rose from rural poverty to become the dominant figure in American politics...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
421 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Five decades after the Revolutionary War, the United States approached a constitutional crisis. At its center stood two former military comrades locked in a struggle that tested the boundaries of our fledgling democracy. One man we recognize: Andrew Jackson--war hero, populist, and exemplar of the expanding South--whose first major initiative as President instigated the massive expulsion of Native Americans known as the Trail of Tears. The other is...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
ix, 433 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Andrew Jackson was volatile and prone to violence, and well into his forties his sole claim on the public's affections derived from his victory in a thirty-minute battle at New Orleans in early 1815. Yet those in his immediate circle believed he was a great man who should be president of the United States. Jackson's election in 1828 is usually viewed as a result of the expansion of democracy. Historians David and Jeanne Heidler argue that he actually...
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2009 [2010]
Edition
Widescreen
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A fresh and relevant narrative about the men who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.
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