Andrew Jackson, the border captain / by Marquis James ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Marquis, 1891-1955

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

John Penman Wood Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.

Jackson, Andrew.

New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

United States.

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

United States. Army--Biography.

United States. Army.

Genre:

Biographies.

Authors' autographs.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

7 preliminary leaves, 3-461 pages : frontispiece, plates (1 double) portraits, maps (2 double) plans, facsimiles ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Co., [©1933]

Contents:

1. The orphan : The garden of the Waxhaws ; An officer's boots ; Dice and bear's oil

2. The robe : The Mero District ; Tidings from Harrodsburgh ; Robes of justice ; "Truxton" against "ploughboy" ; A long spoon

3. The sword : Old Hickory ; Red Eagle ; Storm clouds ; "Push on the troops" ; The escape of Gabriel Villeré ; The mud rampart of Rodriquez Canal ; The silvery carpet ; "The United States versus Andrew Jackson" ; A changing world ; The Florida adventure ; General Jackson calls on Colonel Callava ; The border captain.

Notes:

Maps on lining-papers.

This biography ends with the presidential campaign of 1824.

Title page in red and black.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-424).

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Signed by the author.

Other Format:

Online version: James, Marquis, 1891-1955. Andrew Jackson, the border captain.

ISBN:

0844623091

9780844623092

OCLC:

1417870