American lion : Andrew Jackson in the White House / Jon Meacham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meacham, Jon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.

Jackson, Andrew.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

Friends and associates.

Families.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1829-1837.

Politics and government.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845--Family.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845--Friends and associates.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 483 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2008]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Principal Characters xv

Prologue: With the Feelings of a Father: The White House, Washington, Winter 1832-33 xvii

I The Love of Country, Fame and Honor: Beginnings to Late 1830

1 Andy Will Fight His Way in the World 3

2 Follow Me and I'll Save You Yet 20

3 A Marriage, a Defeat, and a Victory 41

4 You Know Best, My Dear 52

5 Ladies' Wars Are Always Fierce and Hot 70

6 A Busybody Presbyterian Clergyman 86

7 My White and Red Children 91

8 Major Eaton Has Spoken of Resigning 98

9 An Opinion of the President Alone 114

10 Liberty and Union, Now and Forever 124

11 General Jackson Rules by His Personal Popularity 135

II I Will Die With the Union: Late 1830 to 1834

12 I Have Been Left to Sup Alone 157

13 A Mean and Scurvy Piece of Business 177

14 Now Let Him Enforce It 198

15 The Fury of a Chained Panther 208

16 Hurra for the Hickory Tree! 218

17 A Dreadful Crisis of Excitement and Violence 222

18 The Mad Project of Disunion 227

19 We Are Threatened to Have Our Throats Cut 238

20 Great Is the Stake Placed in Our Hands 248

21 My Mind Is Made Up 254

22 He Appeared to Feel as a Father 260

23 The People, Sir, Are with Me 266

24 We Are in the Midst of a Revolution 275

III The Evening of His Days: 1834 to the End

25 So You Want War 283

26 A Dark, Lawless, and Insatiable Ambition! 286

27 There Is a Rank Due to the United States Among Nations 291

28 The Wretched Victim of a Dreadful Delusion 298

29 How Would You Like to Be a Slave? 302

30 The Strife About the Next Presidency 307

31 Not One Would Have Ever Got Out Alive 315

32 I Fear Emily Will Not Recover 321

33 The President Will Go Out Triumphantly 334

34 The Shock Is Great, and Grief Universal 340

Epilogue: He Still Lives 355.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [449]-462) and index.

ISBN:

9781400063253

1400063256

OCLC:

212855253